Title:
State's first Baptist church required courage to start
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
first Baptist church in Connecticut was in Old Mystic
Baptists vs Puritans and Henry VIII
brave Baptist church fathers
Baptists vs Puritans and Henry VIII
brave Baptist church fathers
Object ID:
Kim10-005
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT.
Pubication Date:
10/25/2004
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
The year 2004 marks the tercentennial of the first Baptist church in Connecticut which is now a private residence on Route 17 in Old Mystic. The congregation has relocated to a modern building on Shewville Road. Connecticut was settled by Puritans and their ministers were in control of both church and state while Baptists believed in separation of the two. Henry VIII found them distasteful and branded them on the forehead, whipped them in public and turned them out of their homes and sometimes burned them at the stake. Those brave local members who signed the 1704 petition to establish the Old Mystic church included Daniell Piearse, Sergt. William Stark, John Dulver and Isaac Lamb.
People:
Starks, Will
Williams, Roger
Piearse, Daniell (Sgt.)
Start, William
Dulver, John
Lamb, Isaac
Rogers, John
Queen Mary
Wightman, Edward
Henry VIII
Gustafson, Lisa (Rev.)
Williams, Roger
Piearse, Daniell (Sgt.)
Start, William
Dulver, John
Lamb, Isaac
Rogers, John
Queen Mary
Wightman, Edward
Henry VIII
Gustafson, Lisa (Rev.)
Search Terms:
First Baptist Church of Connecticut
Old Mystic Baptist Church
History of the Baptists
church and state
local Baptist heroes
Old Mystic Baptist Church
History of the Baptists
church and state
local Baptist heroes