African American Churches in Berkeley, California

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Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church was founded in 1946 by Reverend Neal Lee Peterson, Deacon Fred Williams, Brother Harrison Williams, and Sisters Mattie Mae Peterson, Lula Williams, Ethel Mae Posey, Nora Sargent, Morrell Posey, Maxine Lyons, and Thelma A.J. Upchurch, who met at the home of Sister Maxine Lyons

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Bishop Marcus Burns Preaching "Fear Not"

Sunday Morning Service January 5, 2014 Bishop Marcus E Burns of Bethlehem temple Apostolic Word of Faith Church in Berkeley, CA Delivering a powerful message from Isaiah 43:1-2 "Fear Not" We are Located at our New Location 1521 Derby Street Berkeley, CA 94703 Sunday Service Time @ 12pm Morning Service / 5pm Evening Service Follow us @Btapostolic www.btapostolicchurch.com

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The Church for Today was founded by the Rev. Dr. W. Hazaiah Williams in 1956 and remained under his leadership until his death in 1999.

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Saint Paul

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St Paul A.M.E. Church

St Paul A.M.E. Church Berkeley CA

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Category:Working Within the Protestant Tradition

Grace Baptist Church on Channing Way in Berkeley, California, has a predominantly African American congregation; originally built in 1901 as the First Finnish Lutheran Church of Berkeley, it is listed as a historic landmark due to its unusual Finnish-style architecture

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John Duncan

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House Of Representatives

HON. BARBARA LEE of California in the house of representatives Monday, July 12, 1999 Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Dr. W. Hazaiah Williams, a great man of many talents who passed away from complications of diabetes April 24, 1999. Dr. Williams' accomplishments were considerable.

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Reverend Dr. Marvis Peoples and Pastor Mary Breland of Liberty Hill Baptist Church

Harmony Missionary Baptist Church - Oakland

Harmony Missionary Baptist Church is a Baptist church at the corner of 41st and Telegraph. The church was established in 1964 in Berkeley. After a fire in 1976 destroyed their building, the congregation ended up at the YMCA at 3265 Market Street. Pastor I.H. Lewis purchased the building on 41st Street with his own money. After Pastor Lewis died in 1979, Pastor A.L. Cobbs, Sr. took over and served until his death in 2011. The building was originally home to St. Paulus Lutheran Church.

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Bishop Roy Nichols was the first African American bishop in the United Methodist Church and he was Berkeley’s first African American school board member.As president of the NAACP, Nichols persuaded the Berkeley Board of Education to study segregation in the schools. A report, issued in 1959, pointed to the need for counseling for black students, hiring black teachers, teaching black history and other measures seeking to end discriminatory policies.

80th Birthday Celebration for The Legendary Rev. Dr. M.T. Thompson

Berkeley Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church Presents... An 80th Birthday Celebration Honoring The Life, Legacy, and Ministry of the Bay Area’s own, The Legendary Pastor Dr. M. T. Thompson (Pastor Emeritus, Berkeley Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church)

Pastor Gordon W. Choyce is Godly Proud of his marriage to Sharon M. (Logan) Choyce, his partner for the past thirty-five years and mother to their three children. The Missionary Church of God in Christ

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D. Mark Wilson | LGBTQ Religious Archives Network

Rev. Dr. Doniel Mark Wilson pastor of McGee Avenue Baptist Church, in Berkeley, California. he was “outed” as a gay man in a local newspaper in 1998. Dr. Wilson departed this ministry after eleven-and-a-half years of service, to become the Assistant Professor of Congregational Leadership at the Pacific School of Religion, in Berkeley, California.

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Greater New Mt. Hermon MBC Our PastorPastor Todd Battle and Lady Patricia Battle He is now blessed and privileged to serve as the proud, yet humble Pastor of the historic Greater New Mt. Hermon Missionary Baptist Church of Berkeley, CA, which is known as “The Friendly Church On The Corner!”