Tampa, FL

St. Paul AME Church
DESCRIPTION: Built between 1906 and 1917; civil rights leaders met here in the 1950s and 60s to organize marches, sit-ins and freedom rides; still a vibrant force for good in the community

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 10:30a

ADDRESS: 506 East Harrison Street  MAP

PHONE: 813-223-9753

WEBSITE: link

Mount Zion AME Church
DESCRIPTION: Aside from tending to the needs of the immediate community, this church is the annual host to nine Black Greek organizations at Greek Day

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 10:30a

ADDRESS: 7401 Kissimmee Street  MAP

PHONE: 813-837-0129

WEBSITE: link

Beulah Baptist Institutional Church

DESCRIPTION: Founded in 1865 when a group of Negroes recently freed from slavery, withdrew from First Baptist Church of Tampa to organize their own church; today it remains a dynamic church in the community

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 9:45a

ADDRESS: 1006 Cypress Street  MAP

PHONE: 813-251-3382

WEBSITE: http://bbictampa.org

St. Petersburg, FL

Bethel AME Church
DESCRIPTION: Founded in 1894, it is the oldest and largest AME church in the city

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 10a

ADDRESS: 912 3rd Ave North  MAP

PHONE: 727-822-2089

WEBSITE: link

Bible Way Church of God in Christ
DESCRIPTION: a leading COGIC congregation in Tampa Bay

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 11a

ADDRESS: 3774 19th Ave South  MAP

PHONE: 727-327-8344

WEBSITE: none

Pentecostal Temple Church of God in Christ

DESCRIPTION: Another popular COGIC congregation

SUNDAY WORSHIP:

ADDRESS: 2230 22nd Street South  MAP

PHONE: 727-894-6764

WEBSITE: none

Greater Mt. Zion AME Church

DESCRIPTION: a leading St. Petersburg AME congregation

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 10:30a

ADDRESS: 919 20th Street  MAP

PHONE: 813-894-1393

WEBSITE: http://www.greatermtzioname.org