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This article is about the church in Atlanta, Georgia. For other uses, see Ebenezer Baptist Church (disambiguation). Ebenezer Baptist Church is a Baptist megachurch located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, affiliated with the Progressive National Baptist Convention and American Baptist Churches USA.
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Sep 23, 2005 · Originally published Sep 23, 2005 Last edited Aug 25, 2020. Located within Atlanta ’s Sweet Auburn district, the reputed cradle of the civil rights movement, Ebenezer Baptist Church was the home church of Martin Luther King Jr. and arguably the movement’s spiritual hub.
OUR HISTORY. Throughout its long history, Ebenezer Baptist Church, located in Atlanta, Georgia, has been a spiritual home to many citizens of the “Sweet Auburn” community. Ebenezer was founded in 1886, nine years after reconstruction ended. A band of thirteen faithful people united under the leadership of the Rev. John A. Parker.
Feb 11, 2014 · Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, December 1, 2012. Photo by Edward Stojakovic (CC BY 2.0) Founded in 1886 by Pastor John Andrew Parker, a freedman, Ebenezer Baptist Church of Atlanta, Georgia had only 13 members and no church building upon Parker’s passing in 1894 and when Alfred Daniel Williams became its second pastor.
Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta, Georgia) | The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute. January 1, 1886 to December 31, 1886. Bob Fitch photography archive, © Stanford University Libraries. In the fall of 1947, Martin Luther King delivered his first sermon at the pulpit of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.
Ebenezer Baptist Church is an urban-based, global ministry dedicated to individual growth and social transformation through living in the message and carrying out the mission of Jesus Christ. Learn More About One Ebenezer Here! We have officially kicked off our One Ebenezer Generosity Initiative! We are living into the promises of God in an act ...
One of the main attractions of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Historical Park, Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church is located in Atlanta’s iconic Sweet Auburn neighborhood not far from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s boyhood home. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a masterful orator whose words rang out over the nation and the world, evoking hope and change.
