My wife and I visited this Church for the 8:30 AM service - We were made very welcome even the Pastor (R. Marshall Blalock) came over to where we wehere sitting and talked to for five minutes. We love the history of the Church. First Baptist Church, Charleston, the earliest Baptist church in the South was organized on September 25, 1682 in Kittery, Maine, under the sponsorship of the First Baptist Church of Boston. Late in 1696, the pastor William Screven, and 28 members of the Kittery congregation immigrated to Charleston, SC. We welcome you to visit the present sanctuary, designed by Robert Mills, the first American-born architect. The structure was completed in the 1820s and has received national acclaim for its classic design and beauty. Great gospel singing and sermon.
I will go back the next time I am in Charleston.