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Religious Communities

Historic Churches (congregations dating back before 1900), are found in all areas of the city where African American "communities" existed.  Some of these churches in the Historic District are listed under
Attractions

 

                A-F

50th St. Church of Christ

732 E. 50th S

912- 355-8981

 

Ab. L. Ministries

951 Chevis Rd.

912-961-0677

Dr. Paulette Jones Olasoji

 

Abiding in the Word Christian Ministries

5504 Montgomery St.

912-355-3703

 

Abyssinia Missionary Baptist Church

1622 Ogeechee Rd.

912-856-3127

Pastor Bryan Butler

 

 

Beth Eden Baptist Church

302 E. Gordon St.

912-233-9115

 

Bethel A.M.E. Church

1814 E. 38th St.

 

Bethel Missionary Baptist Church

5863 Ogeechee Rd.

912-927-8044

Rev. Jerome William Baker

 

Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church

1008 May St.

912-233-9040

Rev. Wilson Scott, , Jr.

 

Bolton Street Missionary Baptist Church

821 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Rev. Perry Tyson 

 

Brampton M.B. Church

24 Coach Joe Turner St.

912-964-7259

Rev. Titus U. Lovett

 

Branch Out Ministries, Inc.

409 Goebel Ave.

Rev. Keith T. Bruen

 

Branded Hearts Church International

2501 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

912-354-3170

Pastor Kenneth M. Roache

 

Brownsville Baptist Church

1307 E. 37th St.

912-232-6965

Rev. Leonard Lemon

 

Bunn Memorial Baptist Church

620 Harmon St.

912-238-4848

 

Butler Memorial Presbyterian Church

603 W. Victory Dr.

912-236-7747

Rev. Don L. Johnson

 

Caanan Community Methodist

2401 Elgin St.

912-234-3260

Vicki P. Scott

 

Central Missionary Baptist Church

Thunderbolt

3119 Shell Rd.

912-355-4620

Pastor Sheppard

 

Central Missionary Baptist Church

738 Hitch Dr.

912-232-3511

Rev. Larry Stell

 

Clifton Baptist Church

100 Big Hill Rd.

912-964-2335

 

College Park Baptist Church

3306 Whatley Ave.

Rev. Alphonso Anderson Sr.

 

Connor's Temple Baptist Church

509 w. Gwinett St.

912-232-8291

Rev. Terrance L. Burrell

 

Daniel Holiness Church

1143 E. Gwinnett St. P.O. Box 5125

912-233-1635

Elder Charles Primm

 

Davis ARK Baptist Church

1220 Sherman Ave.

912-354-1100

Pastor Herman M. Woods

 

Dunham Tabernacle Missionary Baptist

Church

544 Nicoll St.

 Christopher T. Johnson

 

End Time Ministries

1402 Mills B. Lane Blvd.

Apostles Larinda & Christopher King

 

Fairmont Baptist Church

721 E. Bolton St.

912-236-8929

Rev. Berry J. Staley

 

Faith Missionary Baptist Church

115 W. 49th St.

912-443-0809

Rev. Dr. Samuel Williams

 

Family Life Center

1815 Lincoln St.

Rev. Carl Giliard

 

First African Baptist Church (1832)

23 Montgomery St.

912-233-6597

Rev. Thurmond N. Tillman

 

First African Baptist Church of East

Savannah (1897)

402 Treat St.

912-232-8981

Rev. Dr. Thomas E. Williams

 

First Bryan Baptist Church (1790)

575 W. Bryan St.

912-232-5526

Rev. Aaron M. James

 

First Ebenezer Baptist Church

304 W. 37th St,

912-236-2563

 

First Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church

14218 White Bluff Rd.

912-352-2087

Rev. S. E. Kenty

 

First Free Will Baptist Church

5210 Skidaway Rd.

912-355-1686

Rev. Michael Locklear

 

First Friendship Missionary Baptist Church

506 Hamilton Ct.

912-236-8756

Pastor Keith T. Bruen

 

First Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church

4730 A.C.L. Blvd.

912-232-2444

 

First Metropolitian Baptist Church

535 Berrien St.

912-233-4251

 

First Mount Pleasant Baptist Church

14218 Coffee Bluff Road

912-920-2101

Rev. Sammie E. Kenty

 

First Mt. Calvary Baptist Church

816 Bowden St.

Pastor Alphonso C. Piper

 

First Nazareth M.B. Church

1023 W. 44th St.

912-236-0719

Rev. Guy Malcolm Hodge III

 

First New Afrikan Methodist Christian

Church

2611 MLK Jr. Blvd.

Dr. Estella Shabazz, Bishop

Pastor Yusuf Shabazz

912-231-6444

 

First Oakgrove Missionary Baptist Church

4617 Old Louisville Rd.

912-964-2683

 

First Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church

310 W. Alice St.

912-232-5865

Rev. Andre J. Osborne

 

First Thessselonians Holiness Church

2110 E. Broad St.

912-236-1986

Pastor Ronald Greene

 

First Union Missionary Baptist Church

535 Berrien St.

912-233-4251

Rev. Matthew S. Brown , Jr.

 

Flipper's Chapel A.M.E. Church

912-233-6658

 

Followers of Christ Baptist

103 Scarborough St.

912-233-6956

 Gerald I. Frazier Sr.

 

Fresh Fire From Heaven Christian Church

3704 Bull St.

912-236-4665

 Bishop Lee F. Jenkins Jr.

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Savannah Baptist Temple

1416 Reynolds St.

912-234-7027

 

Savannah Church of God, Inc.

3033 MLK, Jr. Blvd.

912-232-1212

Rev. Delpherd L. Barksdale

 

 

Savannah District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

P.O.Box 2005

912-659-5271

Rev. R. Nathaniel Neal

 

Second African Baptist Church (1812)

123 Houston St.

912-233-6163

 

Second Arnold Baptist Church

1427 E. 37th St.

912-243-5500

Rev. Richard Hall

 

Second Bryan Baptist Church

744 E. Waldburg St.

912-233-0262

 

Second Ebenezer Baptist Church

800 Colbert St.

912-232-6810

Rev. Ricardo Manuel

 

Second Mount Calvary Baptist Church

821 Joe St.

912-233-6658

 

Second Mount Pleasant Baptist Church

744 E. Waldburg St.

912-233-0206

 

Seeds of Faith Worship Center

774 E. Duffy St;

912-232-6810

Pastor Ricardo Manuel

 

Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church

Canebrake Rd.

912-925-3169

Pastor Nathaniel N. Boles

 

St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church (1875)

556 E. Gordon St.

912-232-7147

Rev. Christian A. Alimaji

 

St. James A.M.E. Church (1874)

632 E. Broad St.

912-236-2051

Rev. C. J. Roberts

 

St. James Missionary Baptist Church

1511 Augusta Ave.

912-927-3178

 Richard Hall II

 

St. John Baptist Church

744 Duffy St.

912-232-3287

Pastor Joesph Williams , Sr.

 

St. Luke Baptist Church

418 W. 38th St.

912-236-7755

Rev. Lexcie E. Aiken

 

St. Mary's Baptist Church

110 Ferrill St.

912-233-2925

Pastor Lawrence Baker, Sr.

 

St. Matthew's Episcopal Church

1401 MLK, Jr. Blvd.

Fr. Liam Collins

 

St. Paul C.M.E. Church

1601 Barnard St.

912-233-2849

Rev. Da'Henri R. Thurmond, Sr.

 

St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church

912-232-8507

Rev. George P. Lee III

 

St. Peters A.M.E. Church

624 Staley Ave.

Rev. Dr. Ernest C. Williams Sr.

 

St. Philip A.M.E. Church

612 MLk, Jr. Blvd.

912-232-2083

Rev. Scottie Swinney

 

St. Philip Monumental A.M.E. Church (1865)

1112 Jefferson St.

Rev. Dr. Bernard Clarke

 

St. Thomas A.M.E. Church

3215 Burrough's St.

 

St. Thomas M.B. Church

1100 Park Ave.

912-247-8998

Rev. Jimmie L. Mikell

 

Temple of Glory Communtiy Church

1105 Stiles Ave.

912-233-8213

Bishop Matthew M. Odum, Sr.

 

Thankful M.B. Church

820 MLK Jr., Blvd.

912-233-4810

Rev. Paul A. Sheppard

 

Townsley Chapel A.M.E. Church

252 Eagle St.

912-236-4648

 

Tremont Temple M.B. Church

1110 MLK, Jr. Blvd.

912-234-0167

Rev. Quentin Morris

 

Trinity Baptist Church

E. 37th St./P.O. Box 61206

912-661-0847

 Lolita L. Hickman

 

Trinity Foundation Missionary Baptist Church

1209 Bull St.

912-234-9766

 

Triumph The Church and Kingdom of God in Christ

771 Gwinett St.

912-232-0879

Pastor Robert O. Lewin

 

True Love Missionary Baptist Church

777 E. Gwinnett St.

912-233-2921

 

Union Skidaway Baptist Church, Inc.

2227 Norwood Ave.

912-352-2682

Pastor Alan D. O'Neal

 

United Baptist Church

2310 Causton Bluff Road

Rev. D. J. Ceasar

 

Victory Bible Fellowship

1209 Bull St.

Pastor Hal P. McKinley

 

Walking in the Spirit Ministries

 

Wilmington M.B. Church

3321 Skidaway Rd.

912-604-6419

Pastor Joey Horton Sr.

 

Word First Christian Fellowship Church

2409 Alfred St.

912-964-7819

Pastor Dennis Aikens

 

Zion Hill Baptist Church

1720 Staley Ave.

Rev. Joseph W. Hoze

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Goodwill Missionary Baptist Church

5504 Montgomery St.

912-355-3703

 

Grace and Mercy Full Gospel

2106 Bonna Bella Ave

Apostle Verdell B. LaCount

 

Grace Full Gospel Church, Inc.

1650 Smart St.

912-790-9609

Pastor S.O. Bulloch , Jr.

 

Greater Friendship Baptist Church

115 W. Bolton St.

912-236-7420

Rev. Nathaniel Small Jr.

 

Greater Gaines Chapel A.M.E. Church

1006 May St.

912-236-6768

Rev. William Thomas

 

Green Grove M.B. Church

636 E. Waldburg St.

912-234-1428

Rev. Curtis L. Curry, Sr.

 

Happy Home Missionary Baptist Church

1015 E. Gwinnett St.

912-236-9652

Bishop K. E. McNeal

 

Happy Home Missionary Baptist Church

7351 Highway 21 North

912-257-0574

Rev. Eugene Barney

 

Historic New Ogeechee Missionary Baptist Church

201 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

912-631-5475

Pastor Oits Shipp , Jr.

 

Holy Spirit Lutheran Church

622 E. 37th St.

912-233-5354

Rev. W. James Nelson

 

House of Favor

1101 Stiles Ave., Suite C.
912-238-0999

Pastor Marsha Buford

 

Israelite Baptist Church

1006 May St.

Pastor Bernard Clarke

 

Jerusalem M.B. Church

904 Staley Ave.

912-352-9441

Pastor Allen J. Banks

 

Jonesville Baptist Church of PAW

5201 Montgomery St.

912-351-0423

Pastor James G. Rodges

 

Kelly Temple Worship Center

1101 Stiles Ave.

912-233-0418

Bishop Jay C. Kelly

 

Light of the World Deliverance Center

751 Chevis Rd.

Pastor Joyce Frazier

 

Little Bryan Baptist Church

622 E. 37th St.

912-233-5354

Rev. W. James Nelson

 

Litway Missionary Bpatist Church

2335 Shell Rd.

912-355-1225

Rev. Leonard Smalls

 

Magwood Memorial CME Church

4202 Rockdale Dt.

912-236-0220

Rev. Jenovis Addison-Randall

 

Macedonia Baptist Church

508 E. Jones St.

912-234-2068

 Willie C. Rice Jr.

 

Masjid Jihad

117 E. 34th St.

912-236-7387

 

Miller's Temple F.B.Church

2306 Hopkins St.

Bishop Samuel Cohen

 

Mount Bethel Holiness Church

2205 Augusta Ave.

912-238-8006

 Carrie Deloach Coppock

 

Mount Carmel Deliverance Center

4720 E. Ogelthrope Hwy

912-368-2263

Bishop Bobby A. Kinley

 

Mount Carmel Methodist Church

2018 Grove Point Rd.

Dr. Dosena J. Grant

 

Mount Hermon Baptist Church

4110 Heard St.

912-234-5817

 

Mount Hermon Baptist Church

5008 Augusta Rd.

912-965-0406

Pastor Joyce C. Hall

 

Mount Moriah Baptist Church

3922 ACL Blvd.

912-232-1204

Rev. Gwyn L. Hall Sr.

 

Mount Olivet Missionary Baptist Church

4528 Ogeechee Rd.

Min. Andrew Staley

 

Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church

601 Morris Brown Dr.

912-234-4610

 

Mount Tabor M.B. Church (1893)

601 E. Henry St.

912-

Rev. Franklin D. Blackshear

 

New Beginning Full Gospel Church in Christ, Inc.

911 Atlantic Ave.

912-238-0718

 

New Covenant Church

2201 Bull St.
912-232-5658
Andrew Young, II

 

New Generation Full Gospel Church

13813 White Bluff Rd.

912-927-0129

 

New Life Healing and Restoration Center

2101 E. 65th St.

912308-0788

 Rufus Williams

 

New Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church

661 E. Broughton St.

912-232-8635

 Tony R. Reddick

 

New St. Luke A.M.E. Church

1007 Joe St.

912-233-3333

Rev. Dr. Jonetta Prater

 

Newbirth Savannah

118 Pipemakers Cir. Suite 202

912-748-2969

Pastor Kenneth K. Law

 

Newborn Church of Faith in Christ

120 McIntyre St.

912-964-6791

Pastor Juanita Edwards

 

NewBorn Fellowship Ministries, Inc.

1909 B. Highway 80 East

912-

Evangelist Sandra Lewis

 

Nicholsonboro Baptist Church**

13319 Old Coffee Blluff Rd.

912-921-0566

Pastor Edgar  P. Sams

 

Overcoming by Faith Ministries

9700 Middleground Rd.

912-927-8601

 Rick Temple

 

Peaceful Zion Missionary Baptist Church

1416 Reynolds Ave.

912-234-7027

 

Pentecostal Miracle Deliverance Center

4712 Bull St.

912-356-9220

Dr. Idell Cheever

 

Restoration Praise & Worship  Center

3910 Waters Ave.

912-354-2171

Rev. Dorothy Manker Tanksley

 

Richfield Missionary Baptist Church

13319 White Bluff Rd.

912-921-566

 

Richmond Baptist Church

21 Travis St.

Prophetess Colletta Ruchon-Darrisaw

 

Royal Church of Christ, Inc.

P.O.Box 2883

912-233-1224

Bishop Willie Ferrell

The year next to the church name refers to the establishment of the  congregation, not the dedication of the  building.

Yet With A Steady Beat, 2001, Charles Lwanga Hoskins.

 

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