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Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church

In 1836, Augustus Turner, a local barber, organized a small group of African American Methodists into a congregation eventually known as Indianapolis Station. Originally holding meetings at Turner’s log cabin… Read More »Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church

Cadle Tabernacle

Constructed in 1921 on the northwest corner of Ohio and New Jersey streets at a cost of $305,000, Cadle Tabernacle had a seating capacity of 10,000 with an additional 1,500… Read More »Cadle Tabernacle

Center for Interfaith Cooperation

The Center for Interfaith Cooperation (CIC) is a nonprofit organization with the goal of inspiring interfaith collaboration in order to strengthen civil society. In 2006, German philanthropist Klaus Martin Finzel… Read More »Center for Interfaith Cooperation

Christ Church Cathedral

In June 1837, resident Episcopalians purchased a lot on the Governor’s Circle (Monument Circle) to build a church. Thirty individuals organized the Parish of Christ Church on July 13, with… Read More »Christ Church Cathedral

Christian Theological Seminary

Founded in 1925, Christian Theological Seminary (CTS) was for many years the College of Religion (School of Religion) of Butler University and in 1938 became a graduate school of the… Read More »Christian Theological Seminary

Congregation Beth-El Zedeck

Congregation Beth-El Zedeck (the House of the God of Righteousness) arose in 1928 from the merger of Congregation Beth-El (founded in 1915 by first-and second-generation Eastern European Jewish immigrants) and… Read More »Congregation Beth-El Zedeck

Damien Center

In Indianapolis, the first large-scale care center for people with HIV/AIDS was the Damien Center, which opened in 1987. The Damien Center represents the longest sustained and most influential medical… Read More »Damien Center

Dayspring Center

The Dayspring Center (DSC) is a nonprofit organization committed to combating and preventing family homelessness in central Indiana. It opened in July 1989 as a community crisis center to shelter… Read More »Dayspring Center

First Lutheran Church

Early Indianapolis Lutheran residents called Abraham Reck, a missionary who came to Marion County with a group of Maryland farmers around 1835-1836, to organize the first congregation for that denomination,… Read More »First Lutheran Church

Franciscan Health

In 1912, two members of the Poor Sisters of St. Francis Seraph of the Perpetual Adoration traveled from their motherhouse in Lafayette to select a location for a new hospital… Read More »Franciscan Health

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