Dorchester Temple Baptist Church

Dorchester Temple Baptist Church is a historic African American Baptist church at 670 Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts. It is now known as Global Ministries Christian Church.[2]

Dorchester Temple Baptist Church
Dorchester Temple Baptist Church is located in Massachusetts
Dorchester Temple Baptist Church
Dorchester Temple Baptist Church is located in the United States
Dorchester Temple Baptist Church
Location670 Washington St., Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°17′18.1″N 71°4′15.2″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1889
ArchitectArthur H. Vinal
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Shingle Style
NRHP reference No.97001239[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 16, 1998

The church was designed in 1889 by Arthur H. Vinal in the shingle style and added to the National Historic Register in 1998. The church was built for a Baptist congregation established in 1886, and is the oldest Baptist church building in Dorchester. It suffered some damage in the 1938 New England hurricane, which was repaired.[3]

In January 2010[4] the church started media ministry reaching all of North America under the name Boston Praise Radio,[5] which is available online and via Glorystar Satellite service on channel 1010.[6] In 2016, the church began broadcasting on WBPG-LP 102.9 FM.[7]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Staff and Church Leaders". Global Ministries Christian Church. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  3. "NRHP nomination for Dorchester Temple Baptist Church". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  4. Boston Praise starts Broadcasting Archived July 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Boston Praise Radio". Archived from the original on 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2010-11-02.
  6. Glorystar Channels
  7. "New FM Christian Radio Station – A historic first for Boston! – UniteBoston". Retrieved 2020-10-11.
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