Open since 1994, St. Stephen United Church of Christ is located between East Lee and Gorrell Streets, not too far from Bennett College. Also nearby is the 6.9 acre city park, Nocho Park, where one can find Levette Ballfield, a playground, a concession stand, and a shelter.  With its roots in Lutheranism, the UCC prides itself in being a pluralistic and diverse denomination (wiki). The constitution of the UCC requires that local churches be given autonomy to generate their own doctrine and worship format. The four main words to describe the generally, theologically liberal religion are: Christian, Reformed, Congregational and Evangelical. According to their website, the precursor denominations to the United Church of Christ had the first African American ordained by a Protestant denomination, Lemuel Haynes, in 1785.

The pastor of this UCC in Greensboro is Eric Griffin, Sr.  Sunday school at the church begins at 8:45 and the main service begins at 11:00. The angular, U-shaped building stands on a small hill, for all to admire, as they approach Greensboro from the east. We offer this photo for our Sunday religion series. We sure wish St. Stephens had their own website to tell us more about the history of their congregation.