Greater Hood Memorial AME Zion Church

160 West 146th Street | Harlem | built 1946

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1949
The congregation buys a site at 160 West 146th Street
The congregation traces its roots to 1820, when it was recognized as the "Little" Mother Zion Church, and it is described as the oldest continuing Black church in Harlem. It was renamed Hood Memorial in 1936 for Bishop James Walker Hood and bought a building at 229 Lenox Avenue in 1937. After outgrowing that site, it purchased the lot at 160 West 146th Street in 1949.
Source: Wikipedia
2004
Kurtis Blow helps launch a Hip Hop Church ministry at the congregation
In 2004 the Reverend Kurtis Blow (Kurtis Walker) joined Reverend Stephen Pogue and congregation member John Wright in founding the Hip Hop Church at Greater Hood Memorial. Its Thursday night service combines gospel rap, hip-hop beats, gospel music and preaching. The ministry aims to reach people who would not attend a regular Sunday service.
Source: Wikipedia

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