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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