Our
History
Noank
Baptist Church dates back to 1843 when a number of Noankers'
decided it was too far to climb to the top of Fort Hill for
church services every Sunday. Since that time, the church has
had a distinguished history of ministering to the village and
surrounding community through its outreach ministries, music
programs and community involved ministers.
The
Meeting House is a class New England church, white with a lit
spire that serves as a landmark to local fisherman and sailors.
The sanctuary seats about 280 and is open with tall, clear-paned
windows. The lower ground level contains four Sunday School
rooms, (two of which are used during the week by the Noank
Baptist Church Day Nursery School), a kitchen and a vestry that
seats about 85.
The
steeple and roof were torn off by the Hurricane of '38
requiring considerable
reconstruction and a yearlong period of worship considerable reconstruction and a yearlong
period of worship at the village Methodist Church. A fire of
Christmas Eve 1959 totally destroyed the original building. The
existing church building was competed and dedicated in 1962 with
more recent modifications for accessibility and safety added in the
80's. To learn more about the history of Noank Baptist Church and
the community of Noank, visit Our Digital Library Project (a
historical work in progress).
