Jacksonville, FL

Bethel Baptist Institutional Church
DESCRIPTION: Organized in 1838 for the religious activities of Jacksonville's black community; during the Civil War, it also served as a hospital but was destroyed during Jacksonville's great fire of 1901; on the National Register of Historic Sites

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 8a, 10:45a & 6p

ADDRESS: 215 Bethel Baptist Street  MAP

PHONE: 904-354-1464

WEBSITE: http://www.bethelite.org

Mount Zion AME Church
DESCRIPTION: After the Civil War, several dozen newly freed men organized a society for religious worship which became the church; a devastating fire in 1901 destroyed the old church which could seat a congregation of 1,500; the new one was built in 1902 for $18,000; the edifice survives today as a magnificent landmark listed in the National Register of Historic Places

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 8a and 11a

ADDRESS: 201 East Beaver Street  MAP

PHONE: 904-355-9475

WEBSITE: none

United House of Prayer For All People
DESCRIPTION: the largest UHP congregation in North Florida is housed in this modern structure

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 11a

ADDRESS: 505 West Beaver Street  MAP

PHONE: 904-355-9085

WEBSITE: none

Second Missionary Baptist Church
DESCRIPTION: Calls itself, “The Church Where Somebody Cares” and that’s no empty rhetoric; the church hosts a wide variety of community outreach programs and a full calendar of events

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 10:45a & 7p

ADDRESS: 954 Kings Road  MAP

PHONE: 904-354-8268

WEBSITE: http://www.2ndmissionarybaptchurch.com

Mount Olive AME Church
DESCRIPTION: Richard L. Brown, Jacksonville's first Black architect, designed this eclectic church; built of concrete block the upper stories are textured with brown mortar to simulate quarry stone; the edifice includes a large portico entrance

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 11a

ADDRESS:  841 Franklin Street  MAP

PHONE: 904-354-6085

WEBSITE: none

St. Paul AME Church
DESCRIPTION: founded 1869 at Johnson and Ward streets, the church moved to this modern andlarger edifice in 1982; it features a dynamic pastor many community outreach programs and a growing congregation

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 7:30a & 11a

ADDRESS:  6910 New Kings Road  MAP

PHONE: 904-764-2755

WEBSITE: http://stpaulamejax.com