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Gillfield Baptist Church (Petersburg, Virginia)

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Gillfield Baptist Church
Gillfield Baptist Church

Gillfield Baptist Church is the second-oldest black Baptist congregation in Petersburg, Virginia and one of the oldest in the nation. It has the oldest handwritten record book of any black church. It was organized in 1797 as a separate, integrated congregation. In 1818 it built its first church at its current lot on Perry Street. In 1957 its ninth pastor the Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker (1953–1959), co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, led the congregation in the Civil Rights Movement in Petersburg. It continues to serve the community today.

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Gillfield Baptist Church (Petersburg, Virginia)
Perry Street, Petersburg

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Perry Street 209
23803 Petersburg
Virginia, United States
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