St. Ruth Missionary Baptist Church

St. Ruth Missionary Baptist Church is located at 145 NW 5th Avenue in Dania Beach, Florida (called Modello when it was founded). It was founded by Charlie Chambers in 1908, and was the first black church in Dania and housed the first "colored" school in the town.[1]^:47 The first sanctuary was a small house on NW 4th Avenue, built by "Charlie Chambers along with a few faithful followers...from lumber found in the Atlantic Ocean."[2] He named it after his daughter. The first school class had 9 students. The sanctuary was moved in 1920 to NW 5th Avenue. That building was destroyed completely in the 1926 Miami hurricane, but was rebuilt.

Beginning in 1948 W.C. Edcar was the pastor; he retired in 1992. In 1957 there was a new building. In 2016 the pastor was J.C. Howard.[3]

References

Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources (c. 2004–2007). "Florida Black Heritage Trail". Check date values in: |date= (help)
St. Ruth Missionary Baptist Church. "Our Story". Retrieved June 6, 2019.
Cherin, Starla Vaughns. "108 years the first African American Church in Dania Beach, Fl. Saint Ruth Missionary Baptist Church". Shine on South FL. Retrieved June 6, 2019.

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[Florida-1] Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources (c. 2004–2007). "Florida Black Heritage Trail". Check date values in: |date= (help)

[2] St. Ruth Missionary Baptist Church. "Our Story". Retrieved June 6, 2019.

[3] Cherin, Starla Vaughns. "108 years the first African American Church in Dania Beach, Fl. Saint Ruth Missionary Baptist Church". Shine on South FL. Retrieved June 6, 2019.