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Wednesday, February 08, 2006

1902: Groundbreaking for the Legendary Shiloh Baptist Church

With February celebrating Black History Month, it is appropriate that my site bring you some of the files in the AFRICAN AMERICAN folder at the Hamilton Library's Local History Collection. As all local citizens recall it was the home church of S. Howard Woodson, one Trenton's most beloved men of God.
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Anonymous said...

The old Shiloh Church located on Belvidere Street was built in 1902 under the administration of Reverend A. R. Satterfield. In 1904, Dr. John White assumed the spiritual leadership of the church. Under his visionary ministry, land was purchased on Belvidere and on Calhoun Streets and in 1915 or 1916, construction began on a new church building which was dedicated for service in the spring of 1918. Reverend Dr. White served loyally and faithfully for 42 years. In 1946, the Reverend S. Howard Woodson, Jr. assumed leadership of the church, at which time the congregation numbered approximately 218. Under Reverend Woodson's leadership, it numbered more than 1,000. In January 2000, Reverend Darrell L. Armstrong was elected as the third Pastor in approximately 100 years, to lead Shiloh's congregation.

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