First Baptist Church of New Jerusalem - 214 Lich St
New Jerusalem's oldest surviving church, it was built in 1743, and its towering steeple dominates the skyline. The Reverend Charles Noyes leads the congregation. Among its charities, the church funds a shelter on River Street for the poor.
In the late 18th and early 19th century the church was headed by the Reverend Ward Phillips, scholar, mystic, and author of Thaumaturgical Prodigies in the New-English Canaan. A copy of this work can be found in the church archives, along with bundles of Phillips' letters, sermons, and unpublished essays. Records of births, deaths, and marriages within the church are also here.
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