Savannah, GA

First African Baptist Church
DESCRIPTION: Founded in December 1773 by Rev George Liele on Brampton Plantation; Liele was ordained in 1775 and the First African Baptist Church claims is the oldest continuously active, autonomously developed African-American congregation in North America; Liele left America with the British after the Revolutionary War; the current church edifice, built in 1861, served as home base the area's Civil Rights Movement of 1950s-1960s

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 10:30a

ADDRESS: 23 Montgomery Street  MAP

PHONE: 912-233-6597

WEBSITE: http://www.theoldestblackchurch.org

First Bryan Baptist Church
DESCRIPTION: On 20 January 1788, the Andrew Bryan was ordained as pastor of the church at Brampton Plantation and erected the first church on this site in 1794; Andrew Bryan was trained for the ministry by George Liele; although the church was built after the current Civil War, this Yamacraw property has been a worship site owned by African-Americans for more than 200 years

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 11a

ADDRESS: 575 West Bryan Street  MAP

PHONE: 912-232-5926

WEBSITE: http://www.firstbryanbaptistchurch.com

Second African Baptist Church
DESCRIPTION: On the steps of this church, General William Tecumseh Sherman read the Emancipation Proclamation to Savannah citizens and promised the newly freed slaves 40 acres and a mule; Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. preached his "I Have a Dream" sermon at this site before presenting it at the March on Washington in August 1963

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 11a

ADDRESS: 123 Houston Street  MAP

PHONE: 912-233-6163

WEBSITE: http://secondafrican.org

St. Phillips Monumental AME Church
DESCRIPTION: Considered the Mother AME Church of Georgia, it was organized by Rev. A.L. Stanford in 1865; demolished by a storm in 1896, the church was soon rebuilt and named St. Phillips Monumental A.M.E. Church

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 11a

ADDRESS: 1112 Jefferson Street  MAP

PHONE: 912-233-8547

WEBSITE: none

Nicholsonboro Baptist Church
DESCRIPTION: The community around the church was established in 1868 when 200 former slaves relocated to Nicholsonboro; 10 years later, 18 African Americans signed a mortgage for 200 acres of land; by 1882 the church received title to the land; the community's primary monument is the Nicholsonboro Baptist Church

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 11a

ADDRESS: 13319 White Bluff Road  MAP

PHONE: 912-921-0566

St. Bartholomew's Church
DESCRIPTION: Constructed in 1896, this elegant, Victorian Gothic-style church is home to the oldest African-American Episcopal congregation in Georgia, which began on a rice plantation south of Savannah; this plantation church is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 11a

ADDRESS: Chevis Road  MAP