Gay Head Community Baptist Church

2010

June 10, 2010

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor
Gay Head Community Baptist Church

MENTORS WHO HELP

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

2002

August 16, 2002

Church Seeks Island Community’s Aid

June Manning
Gay Head Community Baptist Church

Just as the Gay Head Lighthouse has guided mariners to safety for more than 200 years, the steeple at the Community Baptist Church has been a beacon and guided those seeking solace for more than three centuries.

The steeple, which can be viewed from one end of town to the other, contains the bell tower that is now in need of major repairs and renovations, and due to a small number of present members of the congregation they find it is time to go out to the general public to ask for assistance.

2000

September 5, 2000

Gay Head Community Church Celebrates with a Rededication

Gay Head Community Baptist Church

Founded in 1693, the Gay Head Community Baptist Church is the oldest Native American church in continuous existence in the country. Its history and stature were honored on Sunday afternoon, August 27, when church members, friends and supporters gathered in fellowship to rededicate the church and its ministry to life in the Aquinnah community.

1999

July 30, 1999

Spirit of Aquinnah Is Based on Tribal Tradition of Consensus

June Manning
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
Wampanoag history
Gay Head Community Baptist Church
As Gay Head entered the 1900s, it was one of the newest towns in the commonwealth. The English settlers at first considered it part of Chilmark, then decreed it an Indian district from 1855 to 1870, and finally granted it legal independence as the town of Gay Head in 1870. In creating the town, the legislature permitted tribal members of the place they called Aquinnah to divide their land severally and establish a town meeting form of government. To start its life as an incorporated town in the commonwealth of Massachusetts, the state gave Gay Head a treasury of $2.68.  

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