Mobile, AL

 

Stone Street Baptist Church

DESCRIPTION: The congregation's history dates back to 1806, and the church was redesigned in 1931 at the height of the Depression by laymen who made inventive use of limited resources

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 11a

ADDRESS: 311 Tunstall Street  MAP

PHONE: 251-433-3947

 

State Street AME Church

DESCRIPTION: Constructed in 1854, this church is one of the most imposing antebellum structures built for a Black congregation in Alabama; also one of the oldest AME churches established in the city prior to the Civil War

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 11a

ADDRESS: 502 State Street  MAP

PHONE: 251-432-3965

 

Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church

DESCRIPTION: Another of the pre-Civil War Black churches in Mobile and the oldest Missionary Baptist church in the city

SUNDAY WORSHIP 11a

ADDRESS: 2756 Old Shell Road  MAP

PHONE: 251-479-7270

WEBSITE: http://newshilohchurch.com

 

St. Louis Street Missionary Baptist Church

DESCRIPTION: One of four Black congregations established in Alabama prior to 1865; the present building, completed in 1872, hosted the 1874 session of the Colored Baptist Convention which voted to establish Selma University

SUNDAY WORSHIP 11a

ADDRESS: 108 North Dearborn Street  MAP

PHONE: 251-438-3823

 

Big Zion AME Zion Church

DESCRIPTION: Built in 1842, the church was first called Little Zion; it was renamed in1896, after extensive renovation and expansion added the current Romanesque and Gothic exterior

SUNDAY WORSHIP 11a

ADDRESS: 112 South Bayou Street  MAP

PHONE: 251-433-8431

 

Emmanuel AME Church

DESCRIPTION: Built by Mobile architect James F Hutchisson between 1881 and 1891, the building is representative of mid-19th century architecture, which took medieval building traditions as models

SUNDAY WORSHIP 11a

ADDRESS: 656 St. Michael Street  MAP

PHONE: 251-438-5141

 

Plateau, AL

 

Union Missionary Baptist Church

DESCRIPTION: Located in historic Africatown, the front of the church is home to the bust of Cudjoe Lewis, the last living descendent of the Clotilde slave ship

SUNDAY WORSHIP 11a

ADDRESS: 506 Bay Bridge Road  MAP

PHONE: 251-456-6080