of FITCHBURG
first
Baptist
church
June 1831 - Five persons constituted a branch of the
Baptist Church of Princeton.
1833 - A House of Worship was erected on West St.
in Fitchburg, along the Nashua River. On
November 13 the branch church was
granted to be a separate church. Baptisms
began being conducted in the Nashua River.
March 1836 - The congregation adopted a series of
resolutions and entered on the church
records upon the wrongs of slavery.
1854 - After years of growth in ministry and out
growing it's current building, the
congregation completed the construction of a
new church building at 632 Main St.
1891 - The church became incorporated on February
19. The congregation built a branch church;
Highland Baptist Church, dedicated April 28.
1893 - The congregation built it's second branch
church in West Fitchburg; Beth Eden Baptist
Church, dedicated June 8.
1913 - In January the congregation began a
Scandinavian branch church.
1967 - On December 10 the congregation dedicated
it's current church building at 1400 John
Fitch Highway. (The congregation built and
relocated to this building after the City of
Fitchburg purchased the Main Street
property in 1964 in order to build a new
public library.)
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