BATES MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH
620 Lampton Street, Louisville, KY 40203 DIRECTIONS
Since 1986
Here’s The Deal:
Bates Memorial Baptist Church is one of the famous churches in Louisville. The church is a multi-cultural church where everyone's welcome because one of the things they have learned is that nobody's perfect, and with God, they believe that anything's possible. They are just a group of imperfect people striving to live a life for God. Bates Memorial Baptist Church exists to worship God to save the lost, mature the saved, provide fellowship, compassionately minister to human needs, and transform society. They have a church for the children at the age of 6-12 to develop and understand their congregational worship and teach them to listen, sing, and pray. Bates Memorial Baptist Church nursery's ministry provides christ-centered child care for members and visitors during worship services.
SPECIALTY:
Adult Ministry, Christian Education, Children Ministries, Children Events, Choir Music, OHMY Youth, Young Adult, Worship, Membership, Live Stream & Calendar
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SOUTHEAST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
920 Blankenbaker Parkway, Louisville, KY 40243 DIRECTIONS
Since 1962
Here’s The Deal:
Southeast Christian Church has developed into a unified multisite culture. They have several campuses that meet the different needs of the areas they are based in a while providing centralized instruction from the Louisville, KY Blankenbaker Campus. Senior Pastor Kyle Idleman, along with the Management Team, provides the paid staff with guidance and regular decision-making. Every weekend Southeast Christian Church has more than 21,000 in attendance, using Southeast's work to help spark Christians and churches around the world. The elders provide oversight, vision, and guidance to the corporate side of the church and, most importantly, the spiritual side of the church. God and the Bible are the ultimate authority for the Southeast Christian Church, and there is a leadership structure to keep the day-to-day operations and ministry of the church moving correctly. Southeast Christian Church also has dedicated prayer rooms that can be used at various times and locations during the week.
SPECIALTY:
Sermons, Leadership, Mission Trips, Stories, Baptism, Senior, Prayer, Middle and High School, Education Partners, Children, Foster/Adoption Deaf and Disabilities Care Care Overview Encounter Groups Missions, Employment, Care, Church Plants & Women
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ST. STEPHEN CHURCH
1018 South 15th Street, Louisville, KY 40210 DIRECTIONS
Since 1925
Here’s The Deal:
St. Stephen Church was founded in 1925. It's one of Worship's most prominent black churches in Louisville. The church has 10,000 members and was listed as one of America's top 100 largest churches in 2005 by Outreach Magazine. Their core beliefs are: The Scriptures are God's divinely inspired and written Word. St. Stephen Church is the body of Christian believers committed in covenant to worship God and share the Gospel with unbelievers. The new building was built at the location where the original St. Stephen Baptist Church building. St. Stephen Church includes the Sunday school lectures combined with practical preaching and instruction based on the insightful bible of Cosby. They have made an ongoing economic investment in one of the poorest neighborhoods in the nation. With the expansion of their online worship services and programming, St. Stephen's e-campus grew to include members who live in other states such as Connecticut, Georgia, Ohio, and Florida.
SPECIALTY:
Celebrate Recovery, Special Studies Classes, Boy Scouts, Music, Alzheimer’s Support Group, Marriage Ministry Millennial, Language and One Speech, Audio Visual, Christian Education Workshops, Vacation Bible School, Sunday School & Prayer