Nashville, TN

National Baptist World Center
DESCRIPTION: World headquarters for the National Baptist Convention of the USA

ADDRESS: 1700 Baptist World Center Drive  MAP

PHONE: 615-228-6292

WEBSITE: http://www.nationalbaptist.com

Born Again Church
DESCRIPTION: Church home of the Winans, the First Family of Gospel, and well known for spirit-filled Gospel services

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 9a & 1p

ADDRESS: 858 West Trinity Lane  MAP

PHONE: 615-228-9287

WEBSITE: http://www.bornagainchurch.org

House of God Church
DESCRIPTION:One of the nation’s oldest church conventions is held here every June; the church celebrated its 100 convention anniversary in 2000; owns more land in Nashville than any other African American church

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 11a

ADDRESS: 2717 West Heiman Street  MAP

PHONE: 615-329-1625

WEBSITE: http://www.houseofgod.ws

Mount Zion Baptist Church
DESCRIPTION: A ministry on the move for the new millennium; one of Nashville’s largest and fastest growing churches

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 7:30a & 10:45a

ADDRESS:1112 Jefferson Street  MAP

PHONE: 615-254-7296

WEBSITE: http://www.mtzionnashville.org

Temple Baptist Church
DESCRIPTION: A very large, fast growing ministry and congregation

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 7:30a & 10a

ADDRESS: 3810 King’s Lane  MAP

PHONE: 615-876-4084

WEBSITE: http://www.templechurch.org

Capers Memorial CME Church
DESCRIPTION: Founded in 1832, it is the oldest African American church in Nashville; A Methodist minister, James Gwin, started preaching to local slaves around 1828-29; under his leadership, the African Mission continued to grow to a membership of 819 by 1833; in 1851, a lot to build a new church on Hynes Street and McCreary Street near the Nashville-Chattanooga Railway Depot was purchased; Capers Church also became the first local structure built exclusively for a black church; listed on the National Register of Historic Places

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 10:45a

ADDRESS: 319 Fifteenth Ave North  MAP

PHONE: 615-329-2082

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St. John AME Church
DESCRIPTION: Founded in 1863, it is Nashville’s oldest AME church

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 11a

ADDRESS: 1822 Formosa Street  MAP

PHONE: 615-320-1026

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First Baptist Church - Capitol Hill
DESCRIPTION: The church was one of three descendants of First Colored Baptist Church, it was established in 1848 as a mission of the White First Baptist Church and led by Nelson Merry; Merry was Nashville’s first ordained Black minister; the church was one of six Black churches in this area before the Capital Hill Redevelopment Plan of the 1950s; the church was an important meeting place for leaders of the Civil Rights Movement

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 8a & 11a

ADDRESS: 900 James Robertson Parkway  MAP

PHONE: 615-255-8757

WEBSITE: http://www.firstbaptistcapitolhill.org

Jefferson Street Missionary Baptist Church
DESCRIPTION: Founded in 1887 as North College Street Baptist Church from a storefront Sunday School; the name later changed to Third Avenue Baptist Church; the new sancutuary was built in 1976and it is possibly the most cherished church in the historically Black Jefferson Street district

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 8a & 10:45a

ADDRESS: 2708 Jefferson Street  MAP

PHONE: 615-329-2990
WEBSITE: http://www.jeffersonstbaptchurch.org