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Little Union Baptist Church, Shreveport

 

SHREVEPORT PLACES OF WORSHIP


Antioch Baptist Church
DESCRIPTION: Founded in 1866 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this church is the oldest African-American Baptist Congregation in Shreveport; designed by a noted Shreveport architect, the building represents the Romanesque Revival style

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 11a

ADDRESS: 1057 Texas Avenue  MAP

PHONE: 318-222-7090

WEBSITE: none
 
Holy Cross Episcopal Church
DESCRIPTION: Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the church was built in 1905 and originally named Street, Mark’s Episcopal Church; still holds many of its original fittings

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 8a and 11a

ADDRESS: 875 Cotton Street  MAP

PHONE: 318-222-3325

WEBSITE: http://holycrossshreveport.com

Little Union Baptist Church
DESCRIPTION: Many NAACP meetings were held in this church, it was visited by Martin Luther King, Jr., and was also a leader in the civil rights struggle; on September 22, 1963, it was the scene of policemen attacking worshippers during a memorial service for the four young girls killed in the Birmingham church bombing

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 11a

ADDRESS: 1846 Milam Street  MAP

PHONE: 318-221-4491

WEBSITE: none

Old Galilee Baptist Church
DESCRIPTION: The birth of the Caddo school desegregation, a speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1958 and other events are just some of the things that happened at this church founded in 1877; now an abandoned building, since the Galilee Baptist congregation moved to a larger sanctuary at 1500 Pierre

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 10:15a

ADDRESS: 854 Williamson Street  MAP

PHONE: 318-221-2629

WEBSITE: http://galileeshreveport.org

Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
DESCRIPTION: The church was founded in 1925 and was the Black Catholic church in Shreveport; t still has service today and operates one of the most popular private elementary schools

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 11a

ADDRESS: 1558 Buena Vista  MAP

PHONE: 318-222-3790

WEBSITE: http://www.olbschurchsport.org

St. Paul United Methodist Church
DESCRIPTION: one of the oldest UM congregations in Shreveport

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 11a

ADDRESS: 1001 Pierre Ave  MAP

PHONE: 318-424-4953

WEBSITE: none

Williams Memorial CME Temple
DESCRIPTION: One of the oldest CME congregations in the region

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 10:45a & 6p

ADDRESS: 1501 Peabody Street  MAP

PHONE: 318-424-0843

WEBSITE: Link




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