Detroit, MI
   
Second Baptist Church
The mother Black Baptist church in Michigan was founded in 1836 and simultaneously became Detroit’s first Black church and was the region’s primary Underground Railroad Station; 5,000 ancestors escaped slavery through here to freedom in Windsor, Ontario just across the Detroit River; tour the basement which served as the UGRR station; for better understanding of the station’s national importance; tours by appt only

Sun worship 10:30a

441-461 Monroe Ave

313-961-0920

Historic First Congregational Church
The first Saturday of each month this church hosts tours of the Underground Railroad; the tour is a compilation of experiences from plantation slave to freedom in Canada tours

33 East Forest at Woodward
Ave

313-831-4080

Masjid Al-Fatha
An orthodox Muslim temple; 5 daily prayers; call for info

2844 North 4th Street near West Ledyard

313-961-0940

Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church
In 1911 Father Joseph Wuest established a mission in St Mary’s school specifically for African Americans near the Greektown district; as the congregation grew in 1914 Father Wuest bought a empty church at this current location; it has flourished as the mother church of African American Catholicism in the metro area

1000 Eliot Street at Rivard

313-831-1356

Bethel AME Church
This mother AME Church in Michigan was founded 1841; also a station on the Underground Railroad; the church is also notable for establishing the oldest African American credit union in Detroit, a non-profit housing corporation which has built 3 apt complexes, and for organizing the Booker T Washington Business Association; Stork’s Nest #1 was founded here by Zeta Phi Beta Sorority; Berry Gordy and his extended family were included among the 2,000 congregates; lastly, the church was a major non-corporate fund raiser for the Museum of African American History

5050 Richard Allen Blvd at East Warren

313-831-8810

First Tabernacle of Detroit COGIC
Founded 1918 by WG Shipman, it is probably the oldest Church of God in Christ in greater Detroit; Sunday worship 11a & 7p; Power of the Word Outreach Ministries is the name of their TV and Radio programs

10501 Puritan Street near S-10 Lodge Freeway

313-342-7729

Muhammad Mosque #1
The Nation of Islam mosque in Detroit

Sunday worship 10a

313-931-4873

14880 Wyoming Street

Masjid Wali Muhammad
Founded by Wallace D. Muhammad’s Islamic organization only two doors away from the Nation of Islam founding site

11529 Linwood Street

313-868-2131

Shrine of the Black Madonna
This stoic, brown brick church has sister Pan African Orthodox Christian churches in Houston and Atlanta; noted for celebrating Mary, Joseph and Jesus as people of color; a healthy display of red, black and green colors in the sanctuary; congregation size is 5,000

Sun worship 11:15a

7625 Linwood, 3 blocks north of Grand Blvd

313-898-0360

Ebenezer AME Church
Founded in 1871 and formerly located on Brush & Willis Streets, the current edifice fronts the Richard Allen Memorial Park; congregation size is 1,200; many ministries for prisoners, homeless, family life, substance abuse, and radio

5151 West Chicago near Grand River

313-933-6943

New Light Baptist Church
Peering through the other side of Richard Allen Memorial Park one sees the neo-classical Greek colonnade front of the church; a fast growing congregation

Sun worship 7:30a and 10:30a

5240 West Chicago near Grand River

313-931-1111