Join the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program for a tour of First Missionary Baptist on Friday
Home to the capital city’s oldest Black congregation, First Missionary Baptist Church was founded in 1845 by a then-enslaved man, the Rev. Wilson Brown, and its current building was built in 1882 by formerly enslaved craftsmen.
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