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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| Location | 670 Washington St., Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°17′18.1″N 71°4′15.2″W / 42.288361°N 71.070889°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1889 |
| Architect | Arthur H. Vinal |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, Shingle Style |
| NRHP reference No. | 97001239[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Staff and Church Leaders". Global Ministries Christian Church. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Dorchester Temple Baptist Church". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
- ^ Boston Praise starts Broadcasting Archived July 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Boston Praise Radio". Archived from the original on 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2010-11-02.
- ^ Glorystar Channels
- ^ "New FM Christian Radio Station – A historic first for Boston! – UniteBoston". Retrieved 2020-10-11.
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