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Pages in category "Churches in Harlem" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. ... St. Mark the Evangelist Church (New York City) St. Philip's ...
1911: Building completed at 58–60 W.138 St. 1920: One of the most respected churches in New York City; 1920-25: 600 new members; 175 new members joined in 1924–1925 alone; 1935: Lost building; 1936: 57-61 West 137th Street, Church renamed Hood Memorial A.M.E. Zion in honor of Bishop James Walker Hood.
The church was founded in 1886 by Pastor John A. Parker and eight people, [1] on Airline Street. [2] The church's name derives from the Books of Samuel, where the Prophet Samuel names a place "Ebenezer", meaning "stone of help", to commemorate God helping the Israelites defeat the Philistines. [3]
Grace Congregational Church of Harlem is a congregational church in Harlem, New York City, New York. [1] It has served African Americans including in the theater industry. The building, designed by Joseph Ireland in a Romanesque architectural style and completed in 1892, served two other congregations before this one.
The Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in New York City is a New York City Landmark. The Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, also known as "Mother Zion", located at 140–148 West 137th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and Lenox Avenue in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, is the oldest African-American church in New York City, and the ...
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The funeral of David Baldwin, preacher and step-father of author James Baldwin, took place in the Abyssinian Baptist Church, during the wake of the 1943 Harlem riot. James Baldwin wrote of attending his father's funeral in his most famous essay, 1955's Notes of a Native Son. [15]
The church was founded and organized in Harlem on June 6, 1957, by the Reverend Millard Alexander Stanley as the Bethelite Community Baptist Church. [6] In early June, just a few days before the first worship service was held, Stanley was sitting in front of a storefront on 8th Avenue in Harlem. A local heroin addict spoke to him and said, "If ...