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A year and a half after the small town of Manhattan was established in the Kansas Territory, a group of five men and five women met at the schoolhouse on Sunday morning, August 14th, 1858, to organize a church. Because one of the leaders was ill, it was decided that they would meet at his house in the afternoon. The ten agreed to a declaration of faith and a church covenant. These actions organized a church to be known as the First Baptist Church of Manhattan.