Memphis, Tennessee

=== Religion ===
[[File:Elmwood-Asian.JPG|right|thumb|Asian-American tombstones in [[Elmwood Cemetery (Memphis, Tennessee)|Elmwood Cemetery]]]]
An 1870 map of Memphis shows religious buildings of the [[Baptists|Baptist]], [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal]], [[Methodism|Methodist]], [[Presbyterian]], [[Congregational church|Congregational]], and other [[Christian denomination]]s, and a Jewish congregation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3964m.pm009010 |title=Bird's eye view of the city of Memphis, Tennessee 1870 |publisher=Hdl.loc.gov |access-date=July 2, 2010}}</ref> In 2009, places of worship exist for [[Christians]], [[Jew]]s, [[Hindu]]s, [[Buddhist]]s, and [[Muslim]]s.

The international headquarters of the [[Church of God in Christ]], the largest [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]] denomination in the United States, is located in Memphis. Its [[Mason Temple]] was named after the denomination's founder, [[Charles Harrison Mason]]. This auditorium is where Rev. [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] gave his noted "[[I've Been to the Mountaintop]]" speech in April 1968, the night before he was assassinated at his motel. The [[National Civil Rights Museum]], located in Memphis at the Lorraine Motel and other buildings, has an annual ceremony at Mason's [[Temple of Deliverance Church of God in Christ|Temple of Deliverance]] where it honors people with Freedom Awards.

[[Bellevue Baptist Church]] is a [[Southern Baptist]] [[megachurch]] in Memphis that was founded in 1903. Its current membership is around 30,000.<ref>[http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=1570 Bellevue Baptist Church |Entries]. ''Tennessee Encyclopedia'', Retrieved on August 16, 2013.</ref> For many years, it was led by [[Adrian Rogers]], a three-term president of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]].

Other notable and/or large churches in Memphis include Second Presbyterian Church ([[Evangelical Presbyterian Church (United States)|EPC]]), Highpoint Church<ref name="Highpoint Church">[http://www.highpointmemphis.com/ Highpoint Church]. Homepage</ref> (SBC), Hope Presbyterian Church ([[Evangelical Presbyterian Church (United States)|EPC]]), Evergreen Presbyterian Church ([[Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)|PCUSA]]), Colonial Park United Methodist Church, Christ [[United Methodist Church]], Idlewild Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), [[GraceLife Pentecostal Church]] ([[United Pentecostal Church International|UPCI]]), First Baptist Broad, Temple of Deliverance, [[Calvary Episcopal Church (Memphis, Tennessee)|Calvary Episcopal Church]], the [[Church of the River (First Unitarian Church of Memphis)]], First Congregational Church (UCC) and Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church.

Memphis is home to two cathedrals. The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is the seat of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Memphis]], and [[St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral in Memphis|St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral]] is the seat of the [[Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee]].

Memphis is home to [[Temple Israel (Memphis, Tennessee)|Temple Israel]], a [[Reform Judaism|Reform]] synagogue that has approximately 7,000 members, making it one of the largest Reform synagogues in the country. [[Baron Hirsch Synagogue]] is the largest [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] [[shul]] in the United States.<ref name="Goldring-Woldenberg">{{cite web|url=http://www.msje.org/history/archive/tn/HistoryofOrthodoxCongregations.htm |title=History of the Orthodox Congregations of Memphis |access-date=August 21, 2008 |work=Goldring-Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life web site |publisher=Goldring-Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105133341/http://msje.org/history/archive/tn/HistoryofOrthodoxCongregations.htm |archive-date=November 5, 2010}}</ref> Jewish residents were part of the city before the Civil War, but more Jewish immigrants came from Eastern Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Memphis is home to an estimated 10,000 to 15,000 Muslims of various cultures and ethnicities.<ref>{{cite web|last=Melvin |first=Lindsay |url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/sep/06/muslims-in-memphis-diversity-in-the-mosque/ |title=Muslims in Memphis: Diversity in the mosque |work=Commercial Appeal |access-date=July 2, 2010}}</ref>

A number of seminaries are located in Memphis and the metropolitan area. Memphis is home to [[Memphis Theological Seminary]] and [[Harding School of Theology]]. Suburban Cordova is home to [[Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary]].