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Mt. Cavalry Baptist Church
Mount Calvary Baptist Church was created in 1957 by Reverand William Samuel. The parishioners would meet at his home until a building was constructed at 1375 Boston Road in the Bronx. The church moved to 181 Warren Street in Englewood in 1962. Another building which was the previous location of a Christian Reformed Church at 90 Demarest Avenue was acquired in 1972.
Samuel's successor was Reverand Michael J. Jordan until 1992 when Reverand Claybon Lea Jr. replaced him. The fourth pastor was Reverand Veron C. Walton, who according to the church, developed Cavalry Cares Inc. The fifth pastor is Reverand Eddie Spencer IV. -
Community Baptist Church
The Community Baptist Church was founded in 1932. The parishioners are majority African American. Under Reverand Joseph M. Wilson two plots of land were purchased to build a new church in the 1940s. In 1949, a cornerstone for the new church was laid. From the 1970s to the 1990s, Reverand Clarence Kenner improved the facilities. In the 1990s, Reverand Lester W. Taylor Jr. started a motion to create a new facility. Construction on the new church began in June 2008 and was finished in 2011. -
Galilee United Methodist Church
The Galilee United Methodist Church was founded in 1913 by Reverand Edward L. Pearson and Reverand Frank D. McQueen. They came from "Old Galilee" in Bennettsville South Carolina, founded in 1895. They began teaching in Englewood in 1905. A building was created in the 1910s. Another parsonage was bought on Forest Avenue in 1949. The original church was destroyed in 1958 due to a fire. In 1959, Galilee became the first African American church to enter the Newark Conference. In 1960, construction for a new building on Genesee Avenue was started. Merging with the Evangelical United Brethren Churches, Galilee became the Galilee United Methodist Church.