Detroit, MI
   
Second Baptist Church
DESCRIPTION: 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

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 10:30a

ADDRESS: 441-461 Monroe Avenue  MAP

PHONE: 313-961-0920

WEBSITE: http://www.secondbaptistdetroit.org

Historic First Congregational Church
DESCRIPTION: 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

SUNDAY WORSHIP:

ADDRESS: 33 East Forest 
Avenue  MAP

PHONE: 313-831-4080

WEBSITE: http://www.friendsoffirst.com

Masjid Al-Fatha
DESCRIPTION: orthodox Muslim temple

WORSHIP: 5 daily prayers

ADDRESS: 1605 West Davison  MAP

PHONE: 313-961-0940

WEBSITE: none

Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church
DESCRIPTION: 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

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 8a & 10a

ADDRESS: 1000 Eliot Street  MAP

PHONE: 313-831-1356

WEBSITE: http://www.sacredheartdetroit.com

Bethel AME Church
DESCRIPTION: 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

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 8a & 11a

ADDRESS: 5050 Richard Allen Blvd  MAP

PHONE: 313-831-8810

WEBSITE: http://bethelamechurchdetroit.com

First Tabernacle of Detroit COGIC
DESCRIPTION: Founded 1918 by WG Shipman, it is probably the oldest Church of God in Christ in greater Detroit; Power of the Word Outreach Ministries is the name of their TV and Radio programs

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 11a & 7p

ADDRESS: 3201 Joy Road  MAP

PHONE: 313-342-7729

WEBSITE: none

Muhammad Mosque #1
DESCRIPTION: The Nation of Islam mosque in Detroit

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 10a

ADDRESS: 14880 Wyoming Street  MAP

PHONE: 313-931-4873

WEBSITE: http://www.mosque1.noidetroit.org

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

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 10a

ADDRESS: 11529 Linwood Street  MAP

PHONE: 313-868-2131

WEBSITE: http://www.masjidwalimuhammad.org

Shrine of the Black Madonna
DESCRIPTION: 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

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 11:15a

ADDRESS: 7625 Linwood Street  MAP

PHONE: 313-898-0360

WEBSITE: http://www.shrinebookstore.com

Ebenezer AME Church
DESCRIPTION: 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

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 7:30a & 10:30a

ADDRESS: 5151 West Chicago Street  MAP

PHONE: 313-933-6943

WEBSITE: http://www.thebigeonline.com

New Light Baptist Church
DESCRIPTION: 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

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 7:30a and 10:30a

ADDRESS: 5240 West Chicago Street  MAP

PHONE: 313-931-1111

WEBSITE: none