Mt. Olive Baptist Church has served Albuquerque’s Black community since before New Mexico’s statehood
(02/26/24 9:00am)
When Tabytha Watson moved to New Mexico from Texas in 1898, the state did not have a Baptist church. To satisfy that need, Watson began organizing prayer days and Sunday school classes in her Albuquerque home located on Fourth St. and Copper Ave., according to Historic Fairview Cemetery. However, her ministry didn’t end there.