Trinity Parish holds the corner of King and St. George Street on the plaza in downtown St. Augustine, the oldest Protestant church in Florida. It is the oldest Protestant church in Florida, founded in 1821 soon after Florida became a United States territory. As you listen, imagine the first building begun in 1830 and the hush of early services that began on June 30, 1831 in a simple coquina structure—36 feet by 50 feet—made of the same shell stone used to build the Castillo de San Marcos.
Bishop Nathaniel Bowen of South Carolina formally consecrated Trinity on June 5, 1834. Trinity was one of the seven original parishes when the Episcopal Diocese of Florida was received into the General Convention in 1838. The congregation kept growing slowly, making small additions and improvements as needs dictated.
Today Trinity Parish remains a traditional church that seeks to welcome people to a life of grace, forgiveness and hope in Jesus Christ, with a vision to see lives shaped through God’s unchanging Word and the unbroken tradition. In summer of 2024 Trinity opened a second campus in the Silver Leaf / World Golf area. Picture coquina walls quarried like the Castillo's, raised for a congregation that opened its doors in 1831.