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




