| Emmanuel Baptist Church | |
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 Emmanuel Baptist Church | |
| 40°41′18″N73°57′54″W / 40.6884°N 73.9651°W /40.6884; -73.9651 | |
| Location | Brooklyn, New York |
| Country | USA |
| Denomination | American Baptist Churches USA |
| Website | [2] |
| History | |
| Founded | 1881 |
| Architecture | |
| Architect | Francis H. Kimball |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Years built | 1887 |
| Clergy | |
| Senior pastor | Anthony L. Trufant |
Emmanuel Baptist Church (EBC) is aBaptistmegachurch in theClinton Hill neighborhood ofBrooklyn, New York, on the northwest corner of Lafayette Avenue and St. James Place, affiliated with theAmerican Baptist Churches USA. The congregation is 2,200 people. The Senior Pastor is Anthony L. Trufant and the Executive Pastor is Shareka Newton.
The congregation was established around 1882 with 194 members that had broken from theWashington Avenue Baptist Church (Brooklyn, New York). The Emmanuel congregation commissioned architect E. L. Roberts, the architect of the Washington Avenue Baptist Church, to build them a small, Gothic-style, two-story interim chapel on St. James Place (1882–1883)." Fund raising for the permanent church began in 1884.
It was paid for by Charles Pratt and built in 1887 to designs by architectFrancis H. Kimball in theGothic Revival style "as a synthesis of the cathedral type and the Baptist preaching church." It is considered one of Kimball's finest designs.[1] It was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 1977.[2] The church building was opened on April 17, 1887. Architectural criticMontgomery Schuyler praised it as "a very rich scholarly and well considered design." The most conspicuous design feature of the interior was the central font.[1][3]
In 2017, the attendance was 2,200 people.[4]
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