One of Atlanta’s most famous houses
of worship is Ebenezer Baptist Church, where three generations
of Martin Luther King Jr.’s family has preached since
1927. Founded in 1886, visitors can tour the renovated Historic
Ebenezer Baptist Church to learn about its role in civil
rights history. (note: Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church is
closed for renovations starting Sept. 10, 2007 for at least
a year).
Other prominent African-American churches include:
- Wheat Street
Baptist Church, founded in 1869, and Big
Bethel AME Church,
established in 1847.
- Atlanta’s first black Baptist
independent congregation worshipped at Friendship
Baptist Church.
- Bishop Eddie L. Long and The Rev. Bernice King,
daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott
King, preach at New Birth Missionary
Baptist Church, the
largest predominantly African-American church in the Southeast
with more than 25,000 members and the site of the funeral
of Coretta Scott King in February 2006.
- World Dome, the
8,500-seat sanctuary of the World Changers Church International,
the ministry of Creflo A. Dollar, is in College Park.
- Buckhead
is home to numerous places of worship including:
- New Hope
African Methodist Episcopal Church, which was founded
by former slaves in 1872.
- the nation’s largest
Presbyterian congregation at Peachtree Presbyterian
- the
largest Episcopal congregation at The Cathedral of
Saint Philip.
- two of the country’s
largest Southern Baptist congregations at Second
Ponce de Leon Baptist Church and Wieuca Road Baptist
Church.
- The Cathedral
of Christ the King, the headquarters to the Catholic
archdiocese for North Georgia.
- The Ahavath Achim
Synagogue, founded more than 110 years ago.
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