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5 places connected through church family. Read them together to see both shared patterns and the local histories that resist a single Christian story.
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Modern & Global · Baptist — historically Black churchAbyssinian Baptist ChurchHarlem, New York City, United StatesCongregation founded 1808; present building opened 1923A pioneering Black Baptist congregation founded in resistance to segregation and shaped into a major Harlem center of worship, politics, education, and care.Read the full history Modern & Global · Baptist16th Street Baptist ChurchBirmingham, Alabama, United StatesCongregation founded in 1873; present church completed in 1911The Birmingham church that served the freedom movement and endured the 1963 bombing that killed four girls.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 · BaptistEbenezer Baptist ChurchAtlanta, Georgia, United StatesCongregation founded in 1886; Heritage Sanctuary completed in 1922The Atlanta congregation that formed Martin Luther King Jr. and became a pulpit of the modern freedom struggle.Read the full history Modern & Global · Interdenominational ProtestantThe Riverside ChurchNew York City, United States1930A Rockefeller-funded Gothic tower church whose pulpit connected liberal Protestant theology with civil rights, peace activism, social services, and global debate.Read the full history