Antioch Baptist Church (Montgomery, Alabama)

Antioch's first church building was located on Atlanta Highway, east of Montgomery,[1] on land donated by a Mr. Billy Wright.

[2] With the churches of Old Elam (also called Elim), Bethel, and Rehoboth, it formed a coalition which in 1819 founded the Alabama Baptist Association.

[2] Until the Civil War the church was biracial; after the war (and in contrast to what happened in many other congregations) the white members left, leaving a black congregation; Antioch remains a black church.

[2] A new church was built in 1919, on the corner of Gibbs Road and Antioch Lane, still in Mount Meigs.

[6] The old church no longer stands, and the cemetery, though still in use, is suffering from neglect, with undocumented burials possibly taking place.