This detailed history of the famous Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem,
New York City, begins with its organization in 1809 and continues
through its relocations, its famous senior pastors, and its many crises
and triumphs, up to the present. Considered the largest Protestant
congregation in the United States during the pre-megachurch 1930s, this
church plays a very important part in the history of New York City.