Claim: First Church in Charlestown is a Congregational church that became a member of the Southern Baptist Convention in 2015, and is a part of the 9 Marks Network.
Evidence: First Church in Charlestown was founded in 1632 in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston, MA and is one of the oldest churches in Boston and the state of Massachusetts. It is dually aligned with both the United Church of Christ and the Southern Baptist Convention, holding to a conservative view of the Bible and holding to the traditional Reformed view of theology. The church has been historically and still is a Congregational church; upon the installation of Rev. Erik Maloy in 2015, the church also became a member of the Southern Baptist Convention through its affiliation with the Baptist Convention of New England. The church is also a part of The Gospel Coalition and 9 Marks networks, as well as one of the cohort churches in Overseed, an organization dedicated to reviving historic New England churches, by returning them to a Gospel preaching view of theology.