The legal definition and the economic definition of taxes differ in that economists do not regard many transfers to governments as taxes. For example, some transfers to the public sector are comparable to prices. Examples include tuition at public universities and fees for utilities provided by local governments.
Other early Black Church milestones included the Baptist and Episcopal denominations. The First African Baptist Church of Savannah, Georgia which began in 1777. This is said to be the oldest Black church in North America. Originally called the First Colored Church the pastoral life of George Leileâs preaching is tied to its beginning.
The little village boasted twenty-five homes by 1827. In the Old Town hall, built on land donated by the Kirkbride family, a group of Presbyterians held their first services in 1829, and built their first church in 1837. After many meetings in the home of Mark Packard, the First Methodist Society was formed in 1834.