Atlah Worldwide Church
| ATLAH Worldwide Church | |
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| ATLAH Worldwide Missionary Church | |
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| Location | 38 West 123rd Street Harlem, New York, NY, 10027 |
| Country |
 United States
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| Denomination | Independent |
| Previous denomination | Baptist |
| Membership | 600 (2007) 100 (2011) estimated |
| History | |
| Former name(s) | Bethelite Community Baptist Church |
| Founded | June 10, 1957 |
| Founder(s) | Millard Alexander Stanley |
| Events | Mother Keturah Breakfast Program C.I.A. Columbia Obama Sedition And Treason Trial 2010 "No Dew! No Rain!" |
| Architecture | |
| Designated | 1888-89 |
| Architect(s) | Lamb & Rich |
| Architectural type | Club |
| Style | Queen Anne |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | red brick and terra cotta |
| Clergy | |
| Minister(s) | Elizabeth Sarah Manning |
| Senior pastor(s) | James David Manning |
ATLAH Worldwide Missionary Church (formerly Bethelite Missionary Baptist Church) is a Christian church and ministry located in Harlem, New York. James David Manning is the chief pastor. The church campus is the site of the unaccredited ATLAH Theological Seminary, where classes are offered on preaching and prophecy. The church also has a studio that Manning uses for his Internet radio program The Manning Report.
The church was founded and organized in Harlem on June 6, 1957, by Reverend Millard Alexander Stanley as the Bethelite Community Baptist Church.
In early June, just a few days before the first worship service was held, Pastor Stanley was sitting in front of a storefront on 8th Avenue in Harlem. A local heroin addict spoke to him and said, "If y’all gonna be a church, you better 'Be-The-Lite.'" Thus, the mission was formed and named Bethelite.
In 1981, Pastor James David Manning replaced Stanley as chief pastor. Under Manning's leadership, the church name changed to ATLAH ("All The Land Anointed Holy"), and ministries were established.
Newest Ministries – The Temple Hour of Prayer 29 May 2008; and The Manning Report 25 August 2008.
This building was erected in the 1890s as the Harlem Social Club. Father Divine (c.1876-1965) and his International Peace Mission Movement were located here during the 1930s.
The messages on the church letter board used anti-gay epithets and stated a Christian imperative to kill gay people by stoning. They gained notice on several websites, including some that promote gay rights and oppose hate speech.
In early 2014, the church posted a series of messages on its letter board sign that asserted that Barack Obama is a Muslim and that he is not legally president. Example messages that were documented on the websites include:
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