Dorchester Temple Baptist Church

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Dorchester Temple Baptist Church
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Location670 Washington St., Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°17′18.1″N71°4′15.2″W / 42.288361°N 71.070889°W / 42.288361; -71.070889
Arealess than one acre
Built1889
Architect Arthur H. Vinal
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Shingle Style
NRHP reference No. 97001239 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 16, 1998

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]

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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]

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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.