Dorchester Temple Baptist Church is a historic

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at 670 Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts. It is now known as Global Ministries Christian Church. The church was designed in 1889 by

Arthur H. Vinal Arthur H. Vinal (July 1, 1855 – August 25, 1923) was an American architect who lived and worked in Boston, Massachusetts. Vinal was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, on July 1, 1855, to Howard Vinal and Clarissa J. Wentworth. Vinal apprenticed at ...

in the shingle style and added to the

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in 1998. The church was built for a Baptist congregation established in 1886, and is the oldest Baptist church building in Dorchester. It suffered some damage in the

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, which was repaired. In January 2010 the church started media ministry reaching all of North America under the name Boston Praise Radio, which is available online and via

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Satellite service on channel 1010. In 2016, the church began broadcasting on WBPG-LP 102.9 FM. Dorchester Temple Baptist Church Boston MA 02

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