First Baptist Church, Flushing

Yesterday I was wondering along on Sanford Avenue I saw this church that I will pass by it almost everyday and never really paid much attention to it. Since from the appearance of that church looked so old it was not hard to guess that it built in a very old time period. And from my research it actually had been there for more than 100 years, isn't that impressive? I was thinking maybe it was built during the 1900, but never thought this old church was built in 1980. My god, it is even older than the age of both of my parents age adds up together.

The church is not big; it is a smaller size church. Like most of the churches here, it has pointing roof for every single one of its body structure. So are the windows, they are just very classic style of western church window. As you can see in the picture, the whole body part of the church is build with common bricks. The pointing roofs are instructed with black tile. And as I researched online: "First Baptist Church is a multi-cultural, multi-lingual, and multi-ethnic urban body of Evangelical Christians committed to worship, fellowship, discipleship, social justice, mercy, and sharing the Good News of our Lord Jesus Christ." Unfortunatly I couldn't go inside there since the church was locked up. maybe next time, I really would like to see how they designed the interior of it. Because most of the official church's inside are just so beautiful. Even you can't see any thing from the apperance of the church. Here is a brief history that I found online of this church:

"Geographic Profile

First Baptist is located in what may be the most religiously diverse neighborhood in the world. The church is located on the corner of Sanford Avenue and Union Street in Flushing, NY. Within a forty block radius there are multiple Mosques, Hindu Temples, Jewish Synagogues, Sikh Temples, and Buddhist Temples. The New York Times ran an architectural review on the $3.2 million dollar Mosque construction on the corner of Kissena Boulevard and Geranium Avenue.

Flushing has a rich history of religious inclusion dating back to the 1647 Flushing Remonstrance. This document drafted by local residents freed John Bowne, a practicing Quaker, from prison on the grounds of religious freedom of expression. Flushing was also the site of early anti-slavery activity in the 18th century.

In 1964 Flushing hosted the World's Fair. The whole world came to Flushing and the whole world stayed. During the 1980's Flushing's population went from 10% Asian to 50% Asian in seven years. Today immigrants occupy 70% of all available housing. The median income for the 11355 zip code area, of which the church is a part, was $33,000 at the time of the 1990 Census.

The Church is surrounded by many institutions in a dynamic neighborhood. Across the street from the church is Public School 20 for elementary students. Nearby, the Flushing Branch of the Queensborough Public Library has the highest rate of book loaning in the city. The Church shares parking facilities with the Franklin Nursing Home. A few blocks away is Main Street, a thriving economic center which has become a second Chinatown in New York City."

Source:
First Baptist Church of Flushing. Who We are. 2008
<http://www.fbcflushing.org/docs/who.html>