In 1774, Baptists in Tappahannock established the earliest Baptist church in Essex County-Piscataway (now Mt. Zion) Baptist, on Dunbrooke Road. On that same day, inside the local Essex County Courthouse, which is now the oldest courthouse building in Virginia, officials sentenced fines and imprisonments to the three men who preached the church’s opening service – John Waller, John Shackleford, and Read more...

Watch Douglas Whitney as Spurgeon:   Metropolitan Tabernacle, where Charles Spurgeon once served, is at the junction of Elephant and Castle Streets (Southwark). copyrighted and used by permission from David Beale, Baptist History in England and America: Personalities, Positions, and Practices   Photo By The original uploader was Secretlondon at English Wikipedia. – Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons., CC BY-SA 3.0, Read more...

See the Martyrs Memorial, a stone monument, near Balliol College, at the intersection of St. Giles, Magdalen, and Beaumont Streets. The Memorial commemorates Oxford’s Reformer-martyrs, Thomas Cranmer, Nicholas Ridley, and Hugh Latimer. The earlest Baptists were products of the Reformation. copyrighted and used by permission from David Beale, Baptist History in England and America: Personalities, Positions, and Practices   5 Minutes in Read more...

Situated on Mill Street, the Bunyan Meeting House  and its Bunyan Museum preserve priceless memorabilia of John Bunyan’s life and times. The present Bunyan Meeting was built in 1849-50. copyrighted and used by permission from David Beale, Baptist History in England and America: Personalities, Positions, and Practices Read more...

A bronze statue of Bunyan stands at the north end of High Street. copyrighted and used by permission from David Beale, Baptist History in England and America: Personalities, Positions, and Practices   Photo By Simon Speed, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2103478 Read more...

Marked by a tall obelisk at 1500 Washington Avenue, is the grave of George Washington’s mother. Near the obelisk, an inscription on Meditation Rock says of her, “Here Mary Ball Washington prayed for the safety of her son and country during the dark days of the Revolution.” Mary’s home is at 1200 Charles Street. copyrighted and used by permission from David Read more...

The Chesterfield County Museum, at 6813 Mimms Loop, is a replica of the 1749 courthouse where magistrates, during 1770-74, sentenced seven Baptist preachers to jail for preaching Christ without state-church approval. See the section, “Virginia Baptist Preachers Imprisoned in Chesterfield Jail 1770-74,” in Chapter 15. copyrighted and used by permission from David Beale, Baptist History in England and America: Personalities, Positions, Read more...

The grave of Virginia Governor Patrick Henry, a friend of persecuted Baptists, is at Patrick Henry National Memorial, 1497 Red Hill Road, Brookneal, VA 24528. This beautiful plantation is called Red Hill. copyrighted and used by permission from David Beale, Baptist History in England and America: Personalities, Positions, and Practices     Patrick Henry (1736-1799) loved freedom – risking his life and Read more...

Founded by Shubal Stearns, in 1755, Sandy Creek Baptist Church is located at 4765 Sandy Creek Church Road, Liberty. Stearns’s obelisk tombstone stands in the church cemetery. Historical monuments on the grounds provide fascinating glimpses into the Sandy Creek heritage. The year 2005 marked the 250th anniversary of Stearns’s organization of the church. IN 2015, Sandy Creek Baptist erected a new, Read more...

Siloam Baptist Church, 2409 Siloam Church Road, was founded by John Waller. The historical marker at the church offers valuable information. copyrighted and used by permission from David Beale, Baptist History in England and America: Personalities, Positions, and Practices   Photo By Cindy Bullard, January 20, 2010 HMDB Read more...