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.
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7 November 1873 St. Kitts, British West Indies
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1 March 1942 (aged 68) Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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