Old St. Andrew's Church survives disease, fire, war and decay to rise again in Charleston

Birth. Life. Death. Rebirth. So goes the biblical story of Christ, the essence of life as Christians view it and even the Holy City’s own history.

It’s also the story of a parish born into tribulation, a little country church that endured to prosper through seasons of indigo, rice and slavery only to face death after the Civil War. And then rise again.

Commonly known as Old St. Andrew’s Parish, family names of Drayton, Middleton, Heyward, Pinckney and Rivers buttress its three centuries of stories….

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