Olivet Baptist Church (Chicago)
in Chicago, United StatesCategory: Attraction
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3101 N Parkside Ave, Chicago, IL 60616, USA Print route »
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Olivet Baptist Church is located in Chicago, Illinois. The congregation first formed in 1861 through the merger of two African-American congregations. The church has been at points the largest African-American church in the United States, and one of the largest Protestant congregations in the nation. The congregation increased greatly in size in the 1920s due to the Great Migration, when the church provided services and structure to Southern blacks who had relocated to the north, bringing the congregation to 11,000. By the 1940s the congregation numbered 20,000.As of 2012, the church is still in operation in Chicago.
