{"id":657,"date":"2014-05-23T20:06:51","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T20:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/?p=657"},"modified":"2025-10-25T06:08:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T06:08:43","slug":"the-first-baptist-church-in-america-providence-rhode-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/the-first-baptist-church-in-america-providence-rhode-island\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Baptist Church in America, Providence, Rhode Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='ggpkg_container_0_657' style='width:100%; height:300px; position: relative;'>\nLoading&#8230;\n<\/div>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013_08_08_First_Baptist_Church_Providence_Rhode_Island\/pano2vr_player.js'><\/script>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013_08_08_First_Baptist_Church_Providence_Rhode_Island\/skin.js'><\/script>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\nwindow.addEventListener('load',function() {\nif  (typeof _2013_08_08_First_Baptist_Church_Providence_Rhode_Island_pano2vrPlayer != 'undefined') {\n\tpano_0_657=new _2013_08_08_First_Baptist_Church_Providence_Rhode_Island_pano2vrPlayer('ggpkg_container_0_657');\n} else {\n\tpano_0_657=new pano2vrPlayer('ggpkg_container_0_657');\n}\nif  (typeof _2013_08_08_First_Baptist_Church_Providence_Rhode_Island_pano2vrSkin != 'undefined') {\n\tskin_0_657=new _2013_08_08_First_Baptist_Church_Providence_Rhode_Island_pano2vrSkin(pano_0_657, 'https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013_08_08_First_Baptist_Church_Providence_Rhode_Island\/');\n} else {\n\tskin_0_657=new pano2vrSkin(pano_0_657, 'https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013_08_08_First_Baptist_Church_Providence_Rhode_Island\/');\n}\npano_0_657.readConfigUrlAsync('https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013_08_08_First_Baptist_Church_Providence_Rhode_Island\/pano.xml');\nvar contentOverflow = document.getElementById('content') ? document.getElementById('content').style.overflow : '';\npano_0_657.addListener('fullscreenenter', function() {\n\tif (document.getElementById('content')) {\n\t\tdocument.getElementById('content').style.overflow = 'visible';\n\t}\n});\npano_0_657.addListener('fullscreenexit', function() {\n\tif (document.getElementById('content')) {\n\t\tdocument.getElementById('content').style.overflow = contentOverflow;\n\t}\n});\n\n});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px; line-height: 16px;\"><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013_08_08_First_Baptist_Church_Providence_Rhode_Island\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to view the 360-degree panoramic image fullscreen on your iPhone or iPad.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gathered by <a title=\"Roger Williams\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roger_Williams_%28theologian%29\" target=\"_blank\">Roger Williams<\/a> in 1638, <a title=\"The First Baptist Church in America\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.firstbaptistchurchinamerica.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">The First Baptist Church in America<\/a> is the first and longest running Baptist church congregation in the United States. The present home of the First Baptist Church is currently housed in its third building. Completed in 1775, the structure\u2019s architectural style combines <a title=\"Georgian\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georgian_architecture\" target=\"_blank\">Georgian<\/a> with the traditional <a title=\"New England meetinghouse\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colonial_meeting_house\" target=\"_blank\">New England meetinghouse<\/a> style with its plain walls, clear glass windows, and dominant pulpit. The lack of religious symbols follows iconoclastic Baptist thought, which regard all symbols, even the cross, as icons and idols. It is the first Baptist meetinghouse to have a steeple and bell in an effort by eighteenth century Baptist advocates to bring greater respectability and recognition to their faith. Roger Williams, the founder of this church and a significant campaigner for religious freedom, was in-part responsible for Rhode Island being a unique haven for religious liberty in the seventeenth century.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to view the 360-degree panoramic image fullscreen on your iPhone or iPad. Gathered by Roger Williams in 1638, The First Baptist Church in America is the first and longest running Baptist church congregation in the United States. The present home of the First Baptist Church is currently housed in its third building. 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