Institutions-Church
Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma (1909- )
Mount Zion Baptist Church, originally named Second Baptist Church, was founded in 1909 by an African American religious study group...
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, Reno, Nevada (1907– )
“Image Ownership: Public Domain” Bethel AME Church Reno is the longest operating African-American congregation in Nevada. An African Methodist Episcopal...
Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church (1816- )
“Image Ownership: Spencer Means” Emanuel A.M.E. Church is the oldest black A.M.E. Church in the South and contains the oldest...
Second Baptist Church, El Paso, Texas (1884- )
The Second Baptist Church, the oldest black Baptist church in El Paso, Texas, was established in 1884. The brick edifice...
Salem Baptist Church, Alton, Illinois (1819- )
Salem Baptist Church, in Alton, Illinois, first organized in 1819, still stands as the only predominantly African American congregation in...
First African Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1807- )
First African Presbyterian Church, the nation’s oldest African American Presbyterian Church, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was founded in 1807 by...
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Baltimore, Maryland (1785- )
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Bethel A.M.E.), Baltimore lays claim to the designation as the oldest independent continuously operating African American...
Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church (1835- )
Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church in Nashville, Tennessee is one of three churches that evolved out of Nashville’s historic First...
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (1889- )
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church is the oldest continuously operating black church in Portland, Oregon. It was founded by...
