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Look into the past, present of the oldest African American church in Shreveport


SHREVEPORT, La. - Located at 1057 Texas Avenue you will find the oldest active African American church in Shreveport Antioch Baptist Church.  
“73 Black people came together, organized the first colored church,” said the Rev. Bruce Carroll, the current pastor who shared history of the church that dates to 1866. 
Those members were honorably dismissed from First Baptist Church to start their own, according the Handbook of North Louisiana Online. In 2021, the church has about 75 members, very close to the original number.  
“It was designed that they could have a place to worship freely, in whatever manner that they chose,” said Carroll. “The Avenue was full. It had Black businesses up and down the avenue. The people that came here were people of prominence, people of resources.”   ....

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