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NASB	Acts 8:1 Saul was in hearty agreement with putting him to death. ¶ And on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
AMPLIFIED 2015	Acts 8:1 Saul wholeheartedly approved of Stephen's death. And on that day a great and relentless persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem; and the believers were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.

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Bible Question: Does anyone know when and where and what church was the 1st church in America?

Bible Answer: Depends what you mean by church and America.

http://www.familytravelfiles.com/ezine/articles/255.asp
For the history part L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site is the anchor. ... it contains the only known evidence of the Norse presence in North America. ... around the year 1000 AD occupied the site ... The four-hectare site has a boat shed with its own Viking ships, a chieftain's hall, a church, a workshop, a central fire pit area used for storytelling and an axe throwing barrier.

Here is a Catholic claim:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11664d.htm
"when the second expedition reached Haiti, Father Perez celebrated the first Mass in the New World at Point Conception on 8 Dec., 1493, in a temporary structure; that this was the first church in America"

Obviously there were later churches in the English colonies. You might check if there were any Russian settlements in Alaska with churches.