Fifteen members who depart the “Old School” First Presbyterian Church establish the new congregation. Henry Ward Beecher becomes its first pastor.
![Best known for his work in the abolition of slavery, Beecher also spent some time in Indianapolis as a preacher for the Second Presbyterian Church.](https://indyencyclopedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/second-presbyterian-church-organizes-0-cropped.jpg)
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