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4281
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The oldest known surviving African-American church in the state is the 1861 St. Philip's Moravian Church in Winston- Salem. In 1989, a group of community leaders and preservationists, known as the Ad Hoc Committee for the Preservation of St. Philip's, formed to save the old church. In 1991, St. Philip's was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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North Carolina Preservation (NoCar Oversize E 151 N6x), Vol. Issue 86, Summer 1992, p4-5, il
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17281
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The German religious immigrants known as the Moravians, settled in North Carolina in and around what is now the city of Winston-Salem. Although some groups struggled with the institution of slavery, the Moravians took enslaved Africans and baptized them into the church, allowing them to work, live, and worship together in close quarters.
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21599
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In an 1822 effort to segregate their congregation, Moravian Church officials in Salem, North Carolina, established a separate nondenominational black Christian church. White parishioners established the black church as a way to maintain cultural control, but they also feared large gatherings of blacks and were afraid the church would provide a nest to incite slave rebellions. The services were under the direction of Moravian minister Abraham Gottlieb Steiner, but blacks often led services and attended Methodist camp meetings. The segregated church provided members with a unique semblance of family and community.
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