Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia

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African American church Baptist church historic church

Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia is a historic African American church best known as the spiritual home and longtime pulpit of Martin Luther King Sr. and his son, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Ebenezer Baptist Church 8
Ebenezer Baptist Church congregation 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf African American church ⓘ
Baptist church ⓘ
historic church ⓘ
affiliation Progressive National Baptist Convention ⓘ
architectureStyle Gothic Revival ⓘ
associatedWith American civil rights movement ⓘ
Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ
buildingCompletionYear 1922 ⓘ
city Atlanta ⓘ
congregationType predominantly African American ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
denomination Baptist ⓘ
founder John A. Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thomas D. Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundingYear 1886 ⓘ
function community center ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ
hasNewSanctuary Yes ⓘ
hasOldSanctuary Yes ⓘ
heritageDesignation U.S. National Historic Site component ⓘ
languageOfWorship English ⓘ
locatedIn Atlanta ⓘ
surface form: Atlanta, Georgia

Sweet Auburn neighborhood ⓘ
namedAfter Ebenezer ⓘ
surface form: Ebenezer (biblical place name)
newSanctuaryOpeningYear 1999 ⓘ
notableEvent funeral of Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
notableEventYear_funeralOfMLKJr 1968 ⓘ
notableFor pulpit of Martin Luther King Sr. ⓘ
role in civil rights activism ⓘ
spiritual home of Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
notablePastor Joseph L. Roberts Jr. ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Martin Luther King Sr. ⓘ
Ralph Abernathy ⓘ
surface form: Ralph David Abernathy

Raphael Warnock ⓘ
operatedBy National Park Service ⓘ
surface form: National Park Service (historic sanctuary)
partOf Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park ⓘ
roleOfMartinLutherKingJr co-pastor ⓘ
roleOfMartinLutherKingSr senior pastor ⓘ
state Georgia ⓘ
streetAddress 407 Auburn Avenue NE ⓘ
tenureOfMartinLutherKingJrAsCoPastorEnd 1968 ⓘ
tenureOfMartinLutherKingJrAsCoPastorStart 1960 ⓘ
tenureOfMartinLutherKingSrAsPastorStart 1931 ⓘ
touristAttraction Yes ⓘ
website https://www.historicebenezer.org/ ⓘ
ZIPCode 30312 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King family → associatedWith → Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ebenezer Baptist Church
Sweet Auburn neighborhood → associatedWith → Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ebenezer Baptist Church congregation
Adam Daniel Williams → employer → Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ebenezer Baptist Church
Alberta Williams King → employer → Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ebenezer Baptist Church
Daddy King → employer → Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ebenezer Baptist Church
Sweet Auburn neighborhood → hasPart → Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ebenezer Baptist Church
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park → includesSite → Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ebenezer Baptist Church
Historic Fire Station No. 6 → near → Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ebenezer Baptist Church
King Center Reflecting Pool → near → Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ebenezer Baptist Church
Martin Luther King Sr. → workLocation → Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ