Baptists in Greenwich, however, continued to hold weekly prayer meetings, and the pastor of Cohansey Baptist conducted services in the town schoolhouse and in private homes. Evangelistic meetings in 1843 increased the Greenwich Baptist ranks. A collection was soon taken to finance the construction of a permanent meeting house. The Greenwich Baptist meeting house was dedicated on Nov. 9, 1844 and services were held every Sunday evening. On Dec.1, 1849, the Cohansey Baptist Church released 49 members in order to be organized into the newly formed Greenwich Baptist Church, first meeting for full services on Dec. 19, 1849. Greenwich Baptist Church was constituted a separate church on Jan.1, 1850. The first pastor, J. R. Murphy, assumed duties on Feb. 1, 1850 at a salary of $350.00 per year. Evangelistic services during the winter of 1870-1871 resulted in the conversion and baptism, of 75 persons. The congregation adopted a strong Biblical church covenant and articles of faith (The New Hampshire Confession of Faith), consistent with historic Christianity and Baptist witness. These same Biblical principles are the doctrinal convictions of the congregation of the present day.