Union Baptist Church (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Union Baptist Church (Cincinnati, Ohio)

The Union Baptist Church is Cincinnati's oldest black church. The church was founded on July 14, 1821. They had their first meeting in a building on Third Street, between Elm and Plum Streets, downtown. The members built a church on Central Avenue and called Rev. David Leroy Nickens of Chillicothe, Ohio as its first pastor. [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZC8xDzjUM-cC&pg=PA88&lpg=PA88&dq=%22David+Nickens%22%E2%80%8E,+Cincinnati+&source=web&ots=O0-UQXZ-zK&sig=Ddt7MCUlX5hBX_fIW_9v_XH0l8A&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result]

In 1864, Church members founded the Union Baptist Cemetery, in the Price Hill neighborhood. It is the oldest Baptist African-American cemetery in Cincinnati.

In the 1960s, urban renewal forced the church to move from its longtime home at Richmond and Mound Streets. The Church moved to Seventh & Central Avenues in 1971, under the leadership of Rev. Wilber Page, longtime pastor. The church continues its work in the Cincinnati community.

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* [http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/02/17/loc_citys_oldest_black.html City's oldest black church honors 3 who nurtured it]


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