Brisben Baptist Church - Brisben, NY
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N 42° 21.950 W 075° 40.765
18T E 444055 N 4690619
"Brisben was a very active community on the canal...when the warm weather returned, the baptisms were done in the Chenango River." The church is midway between Greene & Oxford. "The London Baptist Confession of 1689 is our confession of faith."
Waymark Code: WMRJK5
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 06/29/2016
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"Brisben was a very active community on the canal with boat-making and boat-repair businesses. There was a school, shops, a tavern and a very active church. In a history of the Brisben Baptist Church, I read the following reminiscence of Harriet Day that was read at a church celebration in 1930:
“Let’s swing back over the years once more and recall the first baptism I ever witnessed. It was in the old Chenango Canal (probably around 1870) about where Will Gray now has a store. The time was mid winter. Ice on the canal was eight to ten inches thick. The ice was cut away from a space large enough for baptizing. In the icy water stood Elder Hazen in his baptismal robes and he received the candidates for baptism. My mother says George W. Lenderson and two of the Ellsworths were among the number. This was the beginning of a great revival.” Remember that the Baptists have baptisms with full-body immersion.... Harriet Day goes on to say that when the warm weather returned, the baptisms were done in the Chenango River."
Service Times:
11:00 a.m.
Website: [Web Link]
Church Address:
2717 State HWY 12
Oxford, NY USA
13830
Date Built: Not listed
Age of Church building determined by?: Not listed
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