{"id":723,"date":"2015-02-19T12:33:45","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T12:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/?p=723"},"modified":"2025-10-31T12:40:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T12:40:27","slug":"united-baptist-church-john-clarke-memorial-newport-rhode-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/united-baptist-church-john-clarke-memorial-newport-rhode-island\/","title":{"rendered":"United Baptist Church, John Clarke Memorial, Newport, Rhode Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='ggpkg_container_0_723' style='width:100%; height:300px; position: relative;'>\nLoading&#8230;\n<\/div>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014_06_18_United_Baptist_Church_Newport_RI\/pano2vr_player.js'><\/script>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014_06_18_United_Baptist_Church_Newport_RI\/skin.js'><\/script>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\nwindow.addEventListener('load',function() {\nif  (typeof _2014_06_18_United_Baptist_Church_Newport_RI_pano2vrPlayer != 'undefined') {\n\tpano_0_723=new _2014_06_18_United_Baptist_Church_Newport_RI_pano2vrPlayer('ggpkg_container_0_723');\n} else {\n\tpano_0_723=new pano2vrPlayer('ggpkg_container_0_723');\n}\nif  (typeof _2014_06_18_United_Baptist_Church_Newport_RI_pano2vrSkin != 'undefined') {\n\tskin_0_723=new _2014_06_18_United_Baptist_Church_Newport_RI_pano2vrSkin(pano_0_723, 'https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014_06_18_United_Baptist_Church_Newport_RI\/');\n} else {\n\tskin_0_723=new pano2vrSkin(pano_0_723, 'https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014_06_18_United_Baptist_Church_Newport_RI\/');\n}\npano_0_723.readConfigUrlAsync('https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014_06_18_United_Baptist_Church_Newport_RI\/pano.xml');\nvar contentOverflow = document.getElementById('content') ? document.getElementById('content').style.overflow : '';\npano_0_723.addListener('fullscreenenter', function() {\n\tif (document.getElementById('content')) {\n\t\tdocument.getElementById('content').style.overflow = 'visible';\n\t}\n});\npano_0_723.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\/2014_06_18_United_Baptist_Church_Newport_RI\/\" 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>Exiled from Massachusetts Colony in 1637 due to religious beliefs, <a title=\"Dr. John Clarke\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Clarke_(Baptist_minister)\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. John Clarke<\/a>, a medical doctor and Baptist minister, relocated to what is now known as the State of Rhode Island, which he helped co-found. In the spring of 1638, he and other exiles from Massachusetts gathered to form what is now known as the <a title=\"United Baptist Church\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ubcnpt.com\" target=\"_blank\">United Baptist Church<\/a>. Its current structure, built in 1846, is constructed in the <a title=\"Greek Revival\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek_Revival_architecture\" target=\"_blank\">Greek Revival<\/a> style and its sanctuary reflects the simple elegance of a New England meetinghouse with its high vaulted ceiling and pews. The United Baptist Church not only serves as a place of worship for the Baptist community, but acts as a memorial for Dr. John Clarke. Clarke, an advocate for religious freedom and author of the 1663 Rhode Island charter wrote in it, &#8220;that no person within the said colony, at any time hereafter shall be any wise molested [harassed], punished, disquieted, or called in question, for any differences in opinion in matters of religion, and do not actually disturb the civil peace of our said colony.\u201d Clarke remained a pastor at the church until his death in 1676.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to view the 360-degree panoramic image fullscreen on your iPhone or iPad. Exiled from Massachusetts Colony in 1637 due to religious beliefs, Dr. John Clarke, a medical doctor and Baptist minister, relocated to what is now known as the State of Rhode Island, which he helped co-found. 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