Charles D. Martin (minister), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles D. Martin (minister)

Date of Birth: 07-Nov-1873

Place of Birth: Saint Kitts, Saint Kitts and Nevis

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: historian, human rights activist

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

The Reverend Dr.
Charles Douglas (C.D.) Martin (November 7, 1873 - March 1942) was a West Indian Moravian minister.
He was born in St.
Kitts, British West Indies to parents Joseph and Adriana Martin.
He founded the Fourth Moravian Church in Harlem, New York in 1903.
It was located at 124 West 136th Street, Manhattan.
He called the church "Beth-Tphillah" which is Hebrew for House of Prayer.
In 1912, he was ordained as the first and only Black minister of the Moravian Church in the United States.
He presided over the church from July 1908 until his death in March 1942.The church merged with the First Moravian Church in January 1968 to become the United Moravian Church.