Outsider Visits Church in the United States' Oldest City

[zachsmith]

I’ve been to this church. It’s an awesome church. As a Baptist it’s awesome to see this.

[Eunacis]

I hope you cover the other churches in st. Augustine...
The Presbyterian church is beautiful and the mission is also amazing.

[lukequanbeck]

I'm enjoying the church tours, Matt! I would love for modern Christians to be inspired to include symbolism and art in their buildings again. There's so much meaning bound up in these old church buildings.

[richardthenry]

Super cool interview! Love these Matt. really enjoyed this as a baptist who leans more traditional but also sees the value of modern things. Pastor Pitts has some great points

[javierluyanda]

Amazing !!! Balanced, what This man is doing I Pray to do as a person who has Pentecostal roots

[sherrywhite]

Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved you! You were within me, but I was outside, and it was there that I searched for you. In my unloveliness I plunged into the lovely things which you created. You were with me, but I was not with you. Created things kept me from you; yet if they had not been in you they would have not been at all. You called, you shouted, and you broke through my deafness. You flashed, you shone, and you dispelled my blindness. You breathed your fragrance on me; I drew in breath and now I pant for you. I have tasted you, now I hunger and thirst for more. You touched me, and I burned for your peace.”
― Saint Augustine of Hippo

[jgiaq]

Live just south of St Augustine, passed this church many times! So cool to finally get a look in it. So much church history is present in St Augustine.

[Lorrainecats]

Thanks for this new video, Matt. Nice to have you back
Beautiful church and enjoyable conversation.

[shawngillogly]

Love St Augustine. Such a charming and historic city. This Church belongs in such a locale.

[joshinfwtx]

Great video as usual Matt. I particularly like this one because I grew up Baptist and this pastor is a great example of the good of that tradition and what I still appreciate about it. Thanks for what you do. Also, really enjoying the Esther podcast.

[claytonhall]

We’re splitting hairs, but Pensacola technically is actually older than St. Augustine. The difference is St. Augustine was continuously occupied while Pensacola was established first, deserted, and then resettled.

The first mass/church service in the United States was on August 15, 1559 in Pensacola (not including Puerto Rico).

[RichPohlman]

e you were there did you visit the Catholic shrine that has the first church in America from the 1500

[timsuspanic]

The Catholic parish was established there in the 1500s before there even was a such thing as the Baptist Church!

[ellensstory]

What a nice man. Beautiful church, so enjoyed the tour and interview.

[blaizeharkens]

It's so wild, my husband and I were just in St. Augustine last week. I wish we had checked out that Baptist church!

[Mexindian]

I would love if you visited and explored some more of the relatively unknown ancient churches like the Armenian Church (St. Sarkis in Dallas looks amazing if u can arrange a visit), Chaldean/Assyrian churches ( large community out by Detroit), the St. Thomas Christians of India (they have a big cathedral by Chicago), or the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (they have some big congregations out by Washington DC)...another interesting series would be on African American churches....thanks again for doing this series I love learning more about all strands of this family we call our faith

[lescrone]

Lived in and around St Augustine for years and come back a few times a year to visit. This church has had an interesting history architecturally. The east side of the church wall was completely rebuilt after it nearly collapsed back in the early 2000’s. Love all the historic church buildings in town!

[devinbarney]

Matt, love what you said at the end there. I love these videos!

[joejackson]

Very good as always Matt. Still hoping for a video from you on Modern Day Eucharistic Miracles.

[ABRETHOFFRESHAIR]

Used to play with Freds kids when I was young. Small world.