1608-01-01 00:00:00

John Smyth and Thomas Helwys organize first English-speaking Baptist Church

1638-01-01 00:00:00

London Baptists organize first Particular Baptist Church

1639-01-01 00:00:00

Providence Baptist Church organizes first Baptist Church in North America

1696-01-01 00:00:00

Charleston FBC – First Baptist church in the South

1707-01-01 00:00:00

Philadelphia Baptist Association – First Baptist association

1723-07-05 00:00:00

Oliver Hart

Oliver Hart founded the first Baptist association in the South, the Charleston Baptist Association

1740-01-01 00:00:00

George Whitefield preaches in Baptist church in Charleston at start of First Great Awakening

1742-01-01 00:00:00

David George

David George was the pastor of the first all-black Baptist church in the US

1752-01-01 00:00:00

Charleston Baptist Association

The Charleston Baptist Association was the first Baptist association in the South

1755-10-09 01:40:27

Richard Furman

Richard Furman was elected as the first president of the Triennial Convention, which was the first nationwide Baptist association in America