The first chapel was opened in 1712, one of many to be built for the various Baptist groups during the 18th and 19th centuries.
It Ordination of women, a practice which is rejected by a majority of Baptist groups.
At the highest point of the lid there is a hexastyle structure with small statues, which represent a Baptist group.
A Baptist group had been established in the 1820s, but ended due to a lack of support.
Unlike many Baptist groups, the Convention has allowed ordination of women to the ministry since 1981.
Over the years four Baptist groups were organized in the church, each reflecting a different population that lived in the neighborhood.
In the United States, there are still Baptist groups that support and actively attempt to maintain the separation of church and state.
Campbell had been working in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Virginia, mostly among Baptist groups.
Local Baptist groups also had hard-shell and soft-shell monikers at that time.
In 1724, 25 families out of 80 identified as Anabaptists (a term often used at the time in reference to various Baptist groups).