Mariners' Temple is a Baptist church at 3 Henry Street, in the Two Bridges section of Manhattan, New York City. It is a brownstone building with Ionic columns. It is a church member of the American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA). ()
History The church was established in 1795 as Oliver Street Baptist Church.Mariners’ Temple Baptist Church, OUR HISTORY, mtbc1795.org, USA, retrieved February 12, 2021 The building was inaugurated in 1845.KAYLA STEWART, How Mariners’ Temple Survived Fire and Flux in Chinatown, bedfordandbowery.com, USA, JANUARY 2, 2020Harris, Bill (2002) One Thousand New York Buildings, 1st Edition; Black Dog and Leventhal. ; p.87. Early Swedish Baptist leaders Anders Wiberg and John Alexis Edgren were ordained in the church in 1852 and 1866, respectively. Reverend Dr. Henrietta Carter became pastor in 1998.
Beliefs The church has a Baptist confession of faith and is part of the American Baptist Churches USA.Mariners’ Temple Baptist Church, PARTNERS, mtbc1795.org, USA, retrieved February 12, 2021
See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan below 14th Street List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan below 14th Street
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Mariners' Temple Baptist Church American Memory from the Smithsonian Early records