Mount Zion Baptist Church

The CD, Madrona & Madison Park


One of the cornerstones of the CD neighborhood is Mount Zion Baptist Church, a 2000-member congregation with a choir that has reached national acclaim through its gospel recordings. The church is nearly a century old.


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