Research Items

The following is a collection of houses of worship research items.

First German Baptist

   Services were first held by a group of German immigrants living on Minneapolis’ north side in 1884. The following year the congregation was organized as First German Baptist Church and affiliated with the German Baptist Church of North America. There were 35 charter members who met initially in...

First German Baptist Church, Saint Paul

 This congregation of German-speaking Baptist immigrants began meeting as a congregation in 1879 and established the First German Baptist Church on August 3, 1873.  They initially met in a hall over a store at 6th and Rosabel Streets, and occasionally met in the First English Baptist Church on...