{"id":499,"date":"2025-09-08T15:16:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T21:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.antiochdecatur.org\/?page_id=499"},"modified":"2025-09-08T15:16:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T21:16:20","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/?page_id=499","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Founded in <strong>1857<\/strong>, Antioch Missionary Baptist Church emerged as an early spiritual haven for African\u2011American believers in Decatur. Over the years, the church hosted a wide range of community-focused events\u2014from <strong>Children\u2019s Day observances<\/strong> in 1933 to <strong>anti\u2011lynching programs<\/strong> in 1938\u2014illustrating its longstanding commitment to both spiritual formation and civil rights advocacy.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"578\" height=\"742\" src=\"https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Antioch-Buildings-1-and-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Antioch-Buildings-1-and-2.jpg 578w, https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Antioch-Buildings-1-and-2-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>By the mid\u201120th century, Antioch had relocated and eventually sold a previous building in 1957, demonstrating its ongoing evolution and adaptation to the needs of its congregation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-501\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/09_07A.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/09_07A.jpg 600w, https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/09_07A-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/09_07A-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/09_07A-380x254.jpg 380w, https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/09_07A-285x190.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">525 N. Church St.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Antioch purchased the property at 530 W. Mound Rd. and moved to the new location in 1999.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/P1001997-1-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/P1001997-1-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/P1001997-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/P1001997-1-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/P1001997-1-1536x1019.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/P1001997-1-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/P1001997-1-285x190.jpg 285w, https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/P1001997-1.jpg 1760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founded in 1857, Antioch Missionary Baptist Church emerged as an early spiritual haven for African\u2011American believers in Decatur. Over the years, the church hosted a wide range of community-focused events\u2014from Children\u2019s Day observances in 1933 to anti\u2011lynching programs in 1938\u2014illustrating its longstanding commitment to both spiritual formation and civil rights advocacy. By the mid\u201120th century,<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/?page_id=499\" class=\"themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-499","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=499"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":503,"href":"https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/499\/revisions\/503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}