Damaged by fire in 1945, this Historically Black Church has successfully weathered many storms and has stood at the corners of Washington and Compton Avenues for decades. Widely known as the “Friendly Church,” it has conducted food drives, run food pantries, feed the hungry on many Saturdays throughout the years, and has been a cultural center hosting plays, concerts, and music school programs. It has been a gathering place for Boy Scout Troops, Health Fairs, Gang Summits, organizing rides to the polls, and Black History Programs. The church has also been an education center offering academic workshops and financial assistance to students across the metropolitan area through the John E. and Regina S. Nance Scholarship Fund. For 122 years, this great church has celebrated a rich legacy of inspiring leadership and service to the community. “Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke from this pulpit twice. A. Phillip Randolph held strategy sessions from here, and Sara Newton Cohran, wife to our first pastor, organized the St. Louis Colored Orphan’s Home – now known as the Annie Malone Children and Family Service Center, added Pastor Robinson.”