Baltimore African American Episcopal Church Firsts

Baltimore African American Episcopal Church Firsts African American Episcopalians from Baltimore have contributed greatly to The Episcopal Church.

03/14/2024

I will post more quilts and information every week.

The Historic St. James’ Episcopal Church in the City of Baltimore, Maryland was founded in 1824 by the Reverend William ...
03/14/2024

The Historic St. James’ Episcopal Church in the City of Baltimore, Maryland was founded in 1824 by the Reverend William Levington as a worship home for free and enslaved Blacks together. Fr. Levington, 31 at the time, also envisioned a school, associated with the church, for Black children. Prior to the existence of St. James’ Church there was only one Episcopal Church congregation that had been a Black congregation from its inception. That congregation, St. Thomas African Episcopal Church, was founded in Philadelphia in 1792 by the Reverend Absalom Jones, the first Black Episcopal priest.
When St. James’ Church was established in BALTIMOTE in 1825 it became the FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
The quilt pictured here, featuring the current St. James’ Church building on Lafayette Square in Baltimore (its fourth location), is a Baltimore City flag in the shape of a Baltimore City map. The Baltimore Washington Monument (10 years older than the Washington, D.C. monument honoring our first United States President) is moved higher and to the right of its location on the actual Baltimore City flag. The portion of the Chesapeake Bay that is within the boundaries of Baltimore City is shown on this quilt map.
The quilting stitches on this quilt, difficult to see in a photograph, are gold thread in the gold portions and black thread in the black sections of the quilt. The stitches outline iconic buildings, important symbols, and popular activities in Baltimore.

03/12/2024

Welcome to Baltimore African American Episcopal Church Firsts! It’s a mouthful of a name and it tells you exactly what it is celebrating. The name does not tell you that this celebration is in art—fiber art—specifically Art Quilts depicting, describing, and honoring amazing individuals—African American Episcopalians from Baltimore or who have lived and served in Baltimore, MD.

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