FROM SYNAGOGUE TO CHURCH: A SHARED NORTHSIDE STORY
Sunday, May 31, 2026
3:00pm - 5:00pm
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First Church of God in Christ-Graham Temple
310 Elmwood Avenue North, Minneapolis
This year marks the one hundredth anniversary of a storied North Minneapolis building with a unique and intersecting history: now the religious home of First Church of God in Christ, the building was first built as a synagogue for an Orthodox Jewish congregation who named it Tifereth B'nai Jacob, "Splendors of the Sons of Jacob:' The transition from shul to church reflects the shared history of the near Northside as a place where Jewish and Black families lived side by side since the early twentieth century.
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Recently, the building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places, the second synagogue and only the third African American church in the state of Minnesota to hold such an honor.
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Come learn more about this sacred ground and its shared stories while exploring the beauty of this historic building and learning why it was selected to be on the National Register.
Event Program
3:00pm - 4:00pm Sanctuary: Presentations and speakers
4:00pm - 4:30pm Exhibits & Refreshments: View exhibits and explore the building history, light food/refreshments 30-4:50 pm Fellowship Hall
4:30pm – 4:50pm Fellowship Hall: Shared conversations in Robin Doroshow, Executive Director of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
4:50pm – 5:00pm: Wrap up Kate Dietrick, Archivist, Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Speakers:
Pastor Tierre Webster, First Church of God in Christ-Graham Temple
Rabbi Alexander Davis, Beth El Synagogue
Dr. Marilyn Chiat, co-author of the National Register of Historic Places nomination..
Choir Performances:
First Church of God in Christ and Beth El Synagogue