Religious Centers (Archive)

Native American Health Center

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 31 October 2006.

Phone: 313-846-3718
Website: http://www.aihfs.org/
Research conducted by The University of Michigan-Dearborn Pluralism Project.

History and Description

The Native American Health Center was founded in 1987. After its building at Michigan and Livernois, in the city of Detroit, burned, the Archdiocese of Detroit donated a structure that had formerly been a...
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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Information about this center is no longer updated.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 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Information about this center is no longer updated.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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Congregation Beth Shalom

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 9 October 2015.

Phone: 248-547-7970
Email: rgamer@congbethshalom.org
Website: congbethshalom.org
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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Information about this center is no longer updated.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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First Spanish Baptist Church

Information about this center is no longer updated.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

Phone: 313-894-7755
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The research was conducted by The University of Michigan-Dearborn Pluralism Project

History

The First Spanish Baptist Church, affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, was founded in 1960 to serve the Latin American population of Detroit. Earlier, the First Latin American Baptist Church, the first...
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Sts. Peter and Paul Syrian Orthodox Church

Information about this center is no longer updated.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

Phone: 248-355-1656
The research was conducted by The University of Michigan-Dearborn Pluralism Project.

History

The Middle Eastern Orthodox community first established themselves in southeastern Michigan in the 1930s under the name St. John Syrian Orthodox Church, and was located on the east side of the city of Detroit, at Kerchival and Chalmers. As the church began...
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Islamic Association of Greater Detroit (CJ)

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 5 December 2013.

Phone: 248-852-5657
Email: admin@iagd.net
Research conducted by the University of Michigan - Dearborn Pluralism Project. History The Islamic Association of Greater Detroit (IAGD) was founded in 1978. During the early 1970s, Muslim families in the area had met in different home for prayer and to read and discuss the Qu'ran. When a decision was made to build a mosque, the group began looking for suitable land in Oakland and... Read more about Islamic Association of Greater Detroit (CJ)

AIDS Interfaith Network

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 16 June 2005.

Phone: 313-446-9800
Email: info@aidspartnership.org
Website: http://www.aidspartnership.org
Research conducted by The University of Michigan-Dearborn Pluralism Project.

Mission of the Group

AIDS Interfaith Network, founded in December 1988, is a private, non-profit organization of volunteers from many different religious traditions whose mission is...
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First Albanian Bektashi Monastery (CJ)

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 20 March 2013.

Phone: 734-287-3646
[flickr_set id="72157621942944068"] Research conducted by The University of Michigan-Dearborn Pluralism Project.

Sufi Order

Bektashi is one of the Sufi orders within Islam, stressing that the individual's personal relationship with God can be accomplished spiritually. As a more liberal sect of Islam, Bektashism emphasizes the equality of men and women, allowing them to practice the religion together

History of the Order

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Islamic House of Wisdom (CJ)

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 29 October 2006.

Phone: 313-359-1221
Email: ihwisdom@aol.com
Website: http://www.islamichouseofwisdom.com
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Research conducted by the University of Michigan - Dearborn Pluralism Project.
History
The Islamic House of Wisdom was founded in 1995 by a small group of Muslims from the Middle East led by Imam...
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The Detroit Zen Center

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 12 December 2013.

Phone: 313-366-7738
Email: info@detroitzencenter.org
Website: http://detroitzencenter.org
Research conducted by The University of Michigan-Dearborn Pluralism Project.

History

Located in Hamtramck Michigan, the Detroit Zen Center brings Korean Buddhism to a city long associated with Polish Roman Catholics. The city now, however, is home to various immigrant groups from India and the Middle East. Therefore, the introduction of... Read more about The Detroit Zen Center

Gita Group of Greater Akron

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 11 October 2009.

Contact Information

Address: No center
Worship rotates through homes., Akron, OH

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Research conducted by affiliates at Kent State University led by Dr. David W. Odell-Scott and Dr. Surinder M. Bhardwaj in 1999.

Activities and Schedule

There is no monthly schedule of events however there is organized reading, meditation...
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