Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church. IN THE LATE 1890s, MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH ORGANIZED IN FREEDMANTOWN, AND WAS BRIEFLY KNOWN AS SHILOH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. IN 1907, THE CHURCH BOUGHT LAND AT 1216 RUTHVEN STREET AND BUILT A ONE-STORY WOOD STRUCTURE. THE CHURCH INCORPORATED IN 1912 AS MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH. IN 1928, THE CHURCH SOLD THE PROPERTY AND PURCHASED LAND AT 1401 RUTHVEN STREET. A LARGE, ONE-STORY WOOD STRUCTURE WITH TWIN TOWERS WAS BUILT. OVER TWENTY YEARS LATER, A LARGER TWO-STORY STRUCTURE WAS ERECTED AND INCLUDED AN AUDITORIUM, CLASSROOMS, AND A KITCHEN. OVER THE YEARS, MACEDONIA MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH HAS CONTINUED TO ENRICH THE COMMUNITY THROUGH OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND ASSISTANCE. #16771