Christianity

Most Holy Redeemer Church

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 26 October 2006.

Phone: 313-842-3450
Website: http://www.mostholyredeemer.net
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The research was conducted by The University of Michigan-Dearborn Pluralism Project.

History

Holy Redeemer parish, located in southwest Detroit, was founded in 1880 to serve the scattered Irish and German Catholics living in the area that was then known as...
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St. Matthew's and St. Joseph's Episcopal Church

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 26 October 2006.

Phone: 313-871-4750
Website: http://www.mattyjoe.edomi.org
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The research was conducted by The University of Michigan-Dearborn Pluralism Project.

History

In 1971 two historic Detroit churches united to form the new St. Matthew's and St. Joseph's Episcopal Church. St. Matthew's had been a historically black parish and St...
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Korean Seventh Day Adventist Church

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 26 October 2006.

Phone: 734-718-2617
Website: http://www.misda.org/church.cfm/detroitkorean
The research was conducted by The University of Michigan-Dearborn Pluralism Project.

Description

The Korean Seventh-Day Adventist Church is located in Livonia, a middle-class suburb west of Detroit. The church's location is on a main road that is lined with restaurants and shops,...
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Appeals Court Rules "Under God" in Pledge of Allegiance Unconstitutional

July 26, 2002

Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

On July 26, 2002, The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the State of California "appealed the Pledge of Allegiance case Thursday, telling a federal appeals court that school children's vow of loyalty to 'one nation under God' is not a religious invocation... The federal government and the Elk Grove Unified School District, where the case arose, are also planning appeals."

Ste. Anne de Detroit

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 5 August 2002.

Phone: 313-496-1701
Website: http://www.ste-anne.org/
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The research was conducted by The University of Michigan-Dearborn Pluralism Project.

History

Ste. Anne Roman Catholic Church is Detroit's oldest religious center, founded on July 26, 1701, two days after the founding of Fort Ponchatrain, which would become the city of...
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Mother of God Chaldean Church

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 5 January 2006.

Phone: 248-356-0565
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The research was conducted by The University of Michigan-Dearborn Pluralism Project.

History

Chaldeans began immigrating to the metropolitan Detroit area from Chaldean villages in the northwest of Iraq as far back as 1910. The majority of the families came from the village of Telkaif, which means “Hill of...
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Sts. Peter and Paul Romanian Orthodox Church

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 26 October 2006.

Phone: 313-274-9651
Website: http://www.spproc.org
The research was conducted by The University of Michigan-Dearborn Pluralism Project.

History

The Sts. Peter and Paul Romanian Orthodox Church was originally located in the city of Dearborn on Holly Street (in the shadow of the Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant). According to records, the first Romanian to...
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Detroit Mar Thoma Church

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 29 June 2018.

Phone: 248-213-2094
Website: http://detroitmarthoma.org/main/
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The research was conducted by The University of Michigan-Dearborn Pluralism Project.

Description

The Detroit Mar Thoma congregation was started in 1976 under the leadership of the Reverend K. T. Joy. Before the dedication of its present church building on March 11,...
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St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 26 October 2006.

Phone: 248-689-9099
Email: stmarkmi@coptic.org
Website: http://www.stmarkmi.org/home.htm
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The research was done by The University of Michigan-Dearborn Pluralism Project

History and Description

St. Mark is the only Coptic Orthodox church in Michigan. The first Copts who would eventually form St. Mark Church...
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Full Gospel Opendoor Assembly

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 5 August 2002.

Phone: 313-272-9025
The research was conducted by The University of Michigan-Dearborn Pluralism Project.

History

The Full Gospel Opendoor Assembly traces its history to 1974, the year it was founded under the name of Berean Church of God. In 1985, the congregation changed its name to the Full Gospel Opendoor Assembly. Among those involved in establishing the center was...
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St. Mary's Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 26 October 2006.

Phone: 248-233-6070
Website: http://www.stmaryschurchdetroit.org
The research was conducted by The University of Michigan-Dearborn Pluralism Project.

History

Individuals affiliated with the Malankara church began arriving in the United States in the 1970s. Initially they gathered in each other's homes for prayer and fellowship. In addition, they attended...
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Korean Presbyterian Church of Metro Detroit

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 26 October 2006.

Phone: 248-356-4555
Website: http://www.kpcmd.com
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The research was conducted by The University of Michigan-Dearborn Pluralism Project.

History

The first meeting of the Korean Presbyterian Church was held at 2:00 p.m. on May 28, 1967 in a room in the basement of the Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church in Detroit. As a...
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St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 26 October 2006.

Phone: 313-336-6200
Website: http://www.saintsarkis.org
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The research was conducted by The University of Michigan-Dearborn Pluralism Project.

Armenian History in Detroit

Metropolitan Detroit is home to approximately 45,000-50,000 people of Armenian descent. Most arrived between 1910-1925, during the time of the Armenian...
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Most Holy Trinity Church

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 5 August 2002.

Phone: 313-965-4450
Research conducted by The University of Michigan-Dearborn Pluralism Project.

History

Most Holy Trinity, founded in 1834, was the first English-language Roman Catholic parish in Detroit. The earliest parishioners of the church were Irish immigrants who had settled in the area, but had attended nearby Ste. Anne Church, the city's French-language parish...
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