City's oldest church to note 175th anniversary

From Staff Reports The First Bap­tist Church first opened it’s doors on May 14, 1836 with 26 per­sons desir­ing mem­ber­ship. The ear­li­est ser­vices were held in mem­bers’ homes as com­mon for the day. One of the first recorded meet­ing places was in the York Church, along with other places such as the Old Opera House. When […]