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Obadiah Holmes was born in England and came to Massachusetts Bay. After adopting credobaptism (baptism by belief) as opposed to the Puritan pedobaptism (infants), he was evicted from Rehoboth, MA and joined John Clarke at his Baptist Church in Newport, Rhode Island. On Sunday, July 20, 1651, Clarke, Holmes, and a John Crandall held a small Baptist service in the Read more...
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First Baptist Church was founded by Thomas Gould, in 1665. In 1872, Brattle Square Unitarian Church erected a brick building, at 110 Commonwealth Avenue. By 1876, the church was extinct, and First Baptist purchased the building. (See Chapter 13). copyrighted and used by permission from David Beale, Baptist History in England and America: Personalities, Positions, and Practices Photo BySwampyank (Transfered Read more...