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Antioch Missionary Baptist Church is a historic church in Downtown Houston, Texas. Former slaves organized Houston's first African-American Baptist congregation in January 1866. They initially held services outdoors in the "Brush Arbor" along Buffalo Bayou. The congregation built its first sanctuary in 1867. The current church was built in 1875 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

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