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Frank Alexander

(June 21, 1943-Nov. 12, 2019). Frank Alexander grew up in Louisiana before his family moved to Fort Worth, Texas. Becoming a devout Christian at an early age, Alexander re-preached Sunday… Read More »Frank Alexander

Episcopal Church of All Saints

The parish known as All Saints was established under the name Grace Church in September 1864. It was the third Episcopal parish in Indianapolis, after Christ Church, which was established… Read More »Episcopal Church of All Saints

Arthur M. Glick Jewish Community Center

Established in 1914, the Jewish Community Center (JCC) was originally part of the Jewish Federation and housed in the Federation’s Communal Building at 17 West Morris Street. In 1926, the… Read More »Arthur M. Glick Jewish Community Center

Henry Ward Beecher

(June 24, 1813-Mar. 9, 1887). Beecher was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, son of the famous Presbyterian minister and revivalist Lyman Beecher. A graduate of Amherst College and Lane Theological Seminary,… Read More »Henry Ward Beecher

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

George Joseph Biskup

(Aug. 23, 1911-Oct. 17, 1979). Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, of Czech ancestry, Biskup was ordained in Rome on March 19, 1937. He was consecrated auxiliary bishop of Dubuque, Iowa,… Read More »George Joseph Biskup

Andrew J. Brown

(Nov. 20, 1921-Aug. 2, 1996). Born in Duncan, Mississippi, Andrew J. Brown attended the historically Black Bishop College in Marshall, Texas, where he graduated with a degree in Baptist ministry. Brown… Read More »Andrew J. Brown

Moses Broyles

(ca. 1826-Aug. 31, 1882). Broyles was born an enslaved person near Centerville, Maryland, and sold to a master in Kentucky. In 1838 he became a Baptist preacher. Soon after his… Read More »Moses Broyles

Buddhism

Buddhism has had a visible presence in Indianapolis since at least the 1980s, with the number of temples and meditation centers increasing significantly after the late 1990s. As a result… Read More »Buddhism

Ovid Butler

(Feb. 7, 1801-July 12, 1881). Born in Augusta, New York, Butler moved to Jennings County, Indiana, in 1817. Although primarily self-educated, he taught school for a few years, read law,… Read More »Ovid Butler

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