Louisville, KY

Green Street Baptist Church
DESCRIPTION: Constituted on First Street in 1844, with Brother George Wells as pastor and noted trustee and treasurer was Ben Duke who lived to age 110; present edifice was built in 1930 by Samuel Plato under the pastorate of H.W. Jones; hosted the famous August 1967 voter registration rally led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 11a

ADDRESS: 519 East Gray Street

PHONE: 502-582-3922

Zion Baptist Church
DESCRIPTION: Organized in 1878 by 18 African Americans; MLK’s brother, D.E. King was a pastor of the church, which an important base in the state for the Civil Rights Movement; SUNDAY WORSHIP: 11a

ADDRESS: 2205 West Muhammad Ali Blvd

PHONE: 502-778-6400

Brown Memorial CME Church
DESCRIPTION: In 1954, the church was renamed Brown Memorial in honor of its prominent former pastor, Dr. Brown

SUNDAY WORSHIP:

ADDRESS: 809 West Chestnut Street

PHONE: 502-583-1030 or 502-583-2650

Broadway Temple AME Zion Church
DESCRIPTION: Oldest AME Zion congregation in Louisville

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 11a

ADDRESS: 1301 West Broadway

PHONE: 502-587-8221

Quinn Chapel AME Church
DESCRIPTION: In 1870 members of the church organized what is believed to be the first major local protest of unequal treatment ˜ mule-drawn streetcars whose seats were off-limits to Black citizens; they were victorious in federal court, and the three local streetcar companies eventually allowed Black passengers to ride

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 11a and on 3rd Sundays 8a

ADDRESS: 1901 West Muhammad Ali Boulevard

PHONE: 502-583-0324

Canaan Missionary Baptist Church
DESCRIPTION: On of the largest Missionary Baptist congregations in the regions

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 8a & 11a

ADRRESS: 2840 Hikes Lane

PHONE: 502-459-5578

St. Stephen Baptist Church
DESCRIPTION: One of the more historic churches in town, acquired the original location for Simmons College (HBCU)

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 8a, 9:40a, 11:30a

ADDRESS: 1008 South 15th Street

PHONE: 502-583-6798

Centennial Olivet Baptist Church
DESCRIPTION: One of the oldest Black church congregations in town

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 11a

ADDRESS: 1541 Oak Street  MAP

PHONE: 502-587-6213

Crestwood, KY

Kenwood Northeast Baptist Church
DESCRIPTION: Began at Todds Point located on Old Zion Road in 1870 by 9 nine brothers: John Powers, Jordon Taylor, Milton Ellis, Joshua Hinkle, Ben Bradshaw, William Whalen, Tom Taylor, and Monroe Oglesby who named their place of worship, “The Community of Baptist Brothering”; the Methodist Church, named Woolfolks’ Chapel opened their door to the nine brothers and called their first minister, Rev. James Helms; The church was then renamed to Todds Point Baptist Church; as membership grew, they purchased land from Bro. Henry Elzy in Shelby County near a little creek called Junkins Run; nine men in the church group belonged to a secret order called “The United Order of Friendship”; a two-story building was built using the ground floor as the church and the upper floor of became the lodge; this floor was shared with the Shelby County Board of Education for Day School; the Church was named again, Junkins Run Baptist Church; 10 ministers filled the pulpit thereafter; Rev. Sullivan named the new church Kenwood Missionary Baptist church; by 1987, Rev. James E. Booker, Jr. accepted the call to pastor and led the congregation to build a new church in 2003 and name change to Kenwood Northeast Baptist Church

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 11a

ADDRESS: 8900 Highway 22

PHONE: 502-241-7709