Storefront church
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A storefront church is a church, usually in the North American context of the United States, and to a much lesser extent, Canada, that is housed in a storefront or strip mall building that formerly had a commercial purpose.[1][2][3]
Often, the interior of a building of this kind was converted to ecclesiastical use simply by putting in chairs, pews, and a makeshift
Storefronts are still very much a part of the Black church experience today; furthermore, the storefront church has also emerged within other cultures as well. A PBS report said “Storefront churches today are not just Black and urban. Many have recently been established in Latino- and Asian-dominated neighborhoods, as well as poorer rural communities, typically serving similar functions as the storefront churches in historically Black communities.”[1]
Storefront churches may still be found throughout the United States, among White and Latino neighborhoods as well as African American ones.
The former
References
- ^ a b "Let the Church Say Amen | Storefront Churches | Independent Lens | PBS". Independent Lens. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ "Storefront Churches: Photographs by Camilo José Vergara". National Building Museum. Archived from the original on 2015-03-29. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
- ^ a b "Storefront Churches, Old and New". Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society. 2019-01-28. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ Laurence, Charles (October 20, 2002). "The hitman's son faces up to the sins of the father". Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on July 22, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
- ^ Calder, Rich (June 6, 2011). "It's church bada-bingo!". New York Post. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
External links
- http://www.nbm.org/exhibitions-collections/exhibitions/storefront-churches.html
- Media related to Storefront church at Wikimedia Commons