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Vernacular and mixed traditions
5 places connected through architectural family. Read them together to see both shared patterns and the local histories that resist a single Christian story.
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Churches across Christian history
Early Christianity · Early ChristianDura-Europos ChurchDura-Europos, near Salhiyah, SyriaHouse adapted for Christian use around AD 232–256The earliest securely identified Christian worship building, preserved from a Roman frontier city in Syria.Read the full history Medieval · Ethiopian Orthodox TewahedoBiete Giyorgis, LalibelaLalibela, EthiopiaTraditionally late 12th or early 13th centuryThe cross-shaped rock-hewn church of Lalibela, cut downward from living stone within Ethiopia’s “New Jerusalem.”Read the full history Modern & Global · Baptist — historically Black churchDexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist ChurchMontgomery, Alabama, United StatesCongregation founded 1877; present church dedicated 1889The Montgomery church Martin Luther King Jr. pastored during the bus boycott, where worship, organizing, mass meetings, and nonviolent strategy converged.Read the full history Modern & Global · Anglican — Church of UgandaSt. Paul’s Cathedral NamirembeKampala, UgandaFirst cathedral 1890; present building completed 1919The hilltop mother cathedral of the Church of Uganda, shaped by Buganda’s political world, African evangelists, missionary networks, fires, rebuilding, and revival.Read the full history Modern & Global · PentecostalAzusa Street Mission SiteLos Angeles, California, United StatesApostolic Faith Mission occupied 312 Azusa Street from 1906The humble Los Angeles mission associated with the multiracial revival that helped Pentecostal Christianity become a global movement.Read the full history