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Pilgrim Baptist Church is a historic church located on the of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The landmarked building was originally constructed for a synagogue, Kehilath Anshe Ma'arav . The church is notable both as an architectural landmark and for the cultural contributions by the congregation of the church.
The two buildings are considered as a unit; together, they are a Chicago Landmark and an Illinois Historic Landmark and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The church building is currently occupied by the First Baptist Congregational Church, whose official mailing address is 1613 W. Washington Blvd. in Chicago.
St. Matthews Baptist Church Williamstown: NJ Raymond Gordon Sr. 13,000 [citation needed] Baptist: Salem Baptist Church: Chicago: IL James Meeks: 10,100 [citation needed] Baptist: Sandals Church: Riverside: CA Matt Brown 15,000 [citation needed] Southern Baptist Convention: Yes (8) Sarang Community Church of Southern California: Anaheim: CA ...
The congregation increased greatly in size in the 1920s due to the Great Migration, when the church provided services and structure to Southern blacks who had relocated to the north, bringing the congregation to 11,000. [5] By the 1940s the congregation numbered 20,000. [6] The church is the oldest operating African American Baptist church in ...
The Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church is a historic church at 4501 S. Vincennes Avenue in the Grand Boulevard community area of Chicago, Illinois.Built in 1899, the building was originally a synagogue for the Isaiah Temple congregation.
Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church, originally named the Third Church of Christ, Scientist, is a landmark church located on West Washington Boulevard in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The church was designed by architect Hugh M.G. Garden and was built in 1901. The church was sold to its current owners in 1947.
Greater Union Baptist Church is a historic church located in Chicago's Near West Side. Built in 1886 and designed by the father of the skyscraper, William Le Baron Jenney , in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, the building originally housed the Church of the Redeemer , a Universalist congregation.
Pages in category "Churches in Chicago" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. ... First Baptist Congregational Church; First Church of Christ ...