District 5 Sacred Places

Sharon Chinese Baptist Church

1620 Irving

First A.M.E. Zion Church

2159 Golden gate Ave.

Learn more at firstamezionchurch.com

3rd Baptist Church. 1399 McAllister street

First colored Baptist Church. 

3rd Baptist Church. 1399 McAllister street

  Founded in August 1852. First colored Baptist Church.

Monastery of Perpetual Adoration

 771 Ashbury street. Cloistered Nuns. Right in the Haight just a stone's throw from all the social revolutions!

19th Avenue Chinese Baptist Church

19th and Judah

St. Anne of the Sunset Catholic Church

850 Judah. Learn more at http://www.stanne-sf.org

St. John of God Catholic Church. 1290 5th ave.

Learn more at http://www.sjog.net

Peoples Temple San Francisco. 1859 Geary blvd

This is an old picture of the infamous Peoples Temple of Jim Jones who led the mass suicide of his people in South America. 

Missionary Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Ch

1455 Golden Gate Ave.

Learn more at ninthdistrictcme.org

Old Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Church

858-864 Fulton street. Built in 1880 and is a San Francisco Landmark building. German Renaissance style. New one is 6210 Geary. 

Solid Rock Baptist Church

2000 Golden Gate Ave.

St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church. 2097 Turk st.

Thaschus Cęcilius Cyprianus was a North African bishop and martyr of the 3rd century. He is regarded as a brilliant orator and scholar. Info @ www.saintcyprianssf.org

New Liberation Presbyterian Church

1100 Divisadero st.

Macang Monastery. 1822 Eddy st.

Temple of Good Fortune and Wisdom. Learn more at http://www.zhaxizhuoma.net/index.html

Little Chapel Church of God in Christ. 1823 Turk

Founded by Bishop Cleaver in 1933. Had the first "ALL ROBED CHOIR" in SF & First church to have a "Radio Broadcast" in SF. info @ www.myspace.com/littlechapelcogic

19th Avenue Baptist Church. 1370 19th Ave.

Services are in Japanese, Vietnamese, English and Arabic. Learn more at http://www.nabcsf.org 

Emmanuel Church of God in Christ

Next to 1631 Hayes street.

New Strangers Home Baptist Church 1442 Fulton


Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church

Located at Grove and Broderick.

Japanese Buddhist Church

Pine & Octavia.

Inside Japanese Buddhist Church

 The altar of the Japanese Buddhist Church with the Amitaba Buddha.

Inside Japanese Buddhist Church

 The Japanese Buddhist Church looks like a Church. Pews, Pulpit was designed not to attract westerners but to make the Japanese feel more assimilated to Western Culture.

Sacred Heart. Filmore and Fell st.

Sacred Heart was particularly helpful after the 1906 Earthquake, providing food & shelter for the homeless. The Church sustained little if any damage in the '06 quake

Sacred Heart

Established in 1885. The church was completed in 1898. The first part of construction cost $60,000.00.  Learn more at http://www.friendsof1800.org/SACREDHEART/sacredheartchronology.html

Neigbhorhood Baptist Church. 608 Hayes st.

Learn more at http://www.neighborhoodbc.org

Seventh Day Adventist Church

2889 California street. Built in 1892 as a Methodist-Episcopal church. Moved here in 1926. Learn more at http://www.sfcentral.org

Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church.

275 Divisadero St. Organized 1949

First Union Baptist Church 1001 Webster

Was organized on March 18, 1944, by Pastor P.S. Osborne of Macedonia Baptist Church. More info at http://firstunionbc-sf.com

Glad Tidings Church. 1280 Webster

 "Glad Tidings is a multicultural, diverse and friendly church that leads regular people to make a difference in San Francisco. We are a church without walls, barriers, or limits." Learn more at http://gtsf.org/

Full Gospel Korean. Webster

Just next to Glad Tidings Church

Uptown Church of Christ. 949 Fillmore

 

Community Baptist Church 1642 Broderick

Is an organized body of baptized, born-again believers (John 3:5) committed to the commission of spreading the Good News. Info @ http://communitybaptistsf.org

Konko Church. 1909 Bush St. Japantown

"We believe in Tenche Kane No Kami, Divine Principle and Parent of the Universe." To learn more visit http://www.konkofaith.org

Philadelphian Seventh Day Adventist Church.

2520 Bush st. 

Ohabai Shalom. 1881 Bush St.

Formerly a synagogue, (Ohabai Shalom) then a Japanese Buddhist Church, then an African American church, then a Japanese Zen Church now a senior citizens home.

Jones Memorial United Methodist. 1975 Post

Started in Feb 1943. Learn more at http://www.jonesumc.org/foundation.html

Inside Philadelphian Seventh Day Adventist

More information at http://sanfranciscophiladelphian22.adventistchurchconnect.org

Ohabai Shalom.

Learn more about this beautiful building at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregation_Ohabai_Shalome

First Apostolic Faith Church. 2389 Bush at Pierce.

 

Buddhist Churches of North America. 1881 Pine

Located in Japan Town. To learn more visit http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~regman/bcsf.htm

St. Benedict Church. 1801 Octavia. Japantown

  Church dedicated to Francis Xavier. Services are in Japanese and for the deaf.

Catholic Mission to the Japanese


Soto Zen Buddhist Temple

1691 Laguna in Japantown

St. Dominic's Church 2390 Bush st.

Founded in 1873. More information at http://www.stdominics.org/default.asp

Christ United Presbyterian Church.

1700 Sutter in Japantown. Japanese church in Japantown. There are 11,000 Japanese in San Francisco.

St. Ignatius Church. 650 Parker ave.

  More information at http://www.stignatiussf.org

St. Ignatius Church.

 The church's architecture is a mix of Italian Renaissance and Baroque elements, and its floorplan follows that of ancient Roman basilicas.

Inside St. Ignatius Church


St. Anges. 1025 Masonic ave.

 Founded in 1893. Was Irish.

Christian Science Church

It was an abandoned building. Opposite Buena Vista Park on Haight street.

Christian Science Church

 Now turned into a 40 unit senior citizens low income home.

Westmont College. 301 Lyon st.

More information at http://www.westmont.edu/_offices/urban

Mt. Zion Baptist Church. 1321 Oak street

 

St. Annes of the Sunset Catholic Church.

Judah and Funston, The Church is noteable for its Romanesque-revival architecture, massive dome, uneven twin towers and the frieze sculpture.

Brahma Kumaris 401 Baker Street

Learn more at http://www.bkwsu.org/us/california/locations/sanfrancisco

El-Bethel Baptism Church

1320 Golden Gate Ave

Nichiren Hokke Buddhist Church

2016 Pine Street

Greater Gethsemane Church of God in Christ

240 Page Street

Learn more at www.greatergchurch.org

Seventh Avenue Presbyterian Church

1329 7th Ave

Learn more at http://seventhavenuechurch.org

Second Union Baptist Church

749 Page Street San Francisco

Cathedral Bethel

751 Webster San Francisco

First Friendship Institutional Baptist Church

501 Steiner Street San Francisco

Mt. Herman Missionary Baptist Church

429 Lyon Street

St. John Coltrane African Orthodox Church

1286 Fillmore. Learn more at http://www.coltranechurch.org

Macedonia Missionary Baptist

2135 Sutter

Unity Center 2222 Bush street

The Vision of Unity San Francisco is The Actualization of Oneness. http://www.unitysf.com/index.html

City Church 2460 Sutter

Meets at the Russian center. Learn more at http://www.citychurchsf.org/site/home

St. Andrews Baptist Church

2556 Post street

Little Zion Baptist Church

1245 Divisadero street

The Christian Community

906 Divisadero street. A movement for religious renewal. Learn more at http://www.thechristiancommunity.org

Jerusalem Church of God in Christ

1660 McAllister

Muslim Community Center

850 Divisadero street

Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church

601 Broderick street

Pentecostal Temple Church of God in Christ

1915 McAllister street

Emmanuel Church of God in Christ

1649 Hayes street

Kagyu Droden Kunchab

1892 Fell st. Center for the study & practice of Mahayana & Vajrayana Buddhism.http://www.kdk.org

SF Spiritual enrichment center

2118 Hayes st. Learn more at http://sfglobalheart.com/index.php

SF Elim Church

1200 5th avenue

The Church in San Francisco

1201 19th ave. Learn more at http://www.churchinsanfrancisco.org

Sivananda Yoga Center

1200 Arguello st. Learn more at http://sfyoga.com/pages/index.shtml

Hamilton United Methodist Church

1525 Waller st. http://www.hamiltonsanfrancisco.org

Church of the Living God

740 Clayton

All Saints Parish Episcopal Church

1350 Waller st. Learn more at http://www.allsaintssanfran.org

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