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IN THE LATE 1890s, MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH ORGANIZED IN FREEDMANTOWN, AND WAS BRIEFLY KNOWN AS SHILOH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. IN 1907, THE CHURCH BOUGHT LAND AT 1216 RUTHVEN STREET AND BUILT A ONE-STORY WOOD STRUCTURE. THE CHURCH INCORPORATED IN 1912 AS MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH. IN 1928, THE CHURCH SOLD THE PROPERTY AND PURCHASED LAND AT 1401 RUTHVEN STREET. A LARGE, ONE-STORY WOOD STRUCTURE WITH TWIN TOWERS WAS BUILT. OVER TWENTY YEARS LATER, A LARGER TWO-STORY STRUCTURE WAS ERECTED AND INCLUDED AN AUDITORIUM, CLASSROOMS, AND A KITCHEN. OVER THE YEARS, MACEDONIA MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH HAS CONTINUED TO ENRICH THE COMMUNITY THROUGH OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND ASSISTANCE. |
