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Ryan Mack: An Open Letter to the Black Church
By Ryan Mack
Posted on 02/25/12

The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Expenditure Survey in the year of 2008 calculated the average annual contribution of Black households to religious organizations was $683. With well over 9 million Black households in America, that means well over $6 billion in 2008 was contributed to Black churches across the country. What is done with this money and are the churches doing all they can to make sure this money is fruitful? In the year of 2008 I spoke with over 80 pastors in the NYC area to discuss how they can more effectively use their church as an empowerment vehicle these are just a few of my findings… •Pastors who couldn’t even tell you what their phone bill was for the past 3 months, let alone give a good record of the uses of the tithes and offerings they accumulate... Continue








Antioch Missionary Baptist Church
104 Elizabeth Street
Syracuse, NY 13205
315-472-7619
Rev. Randolph Stackhouse

Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ
347 Cortland Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13202
315-472-1645
Bishop Robert W. Jones

Apostolic Teaching & Healing
1640 South Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13207
315-472-4403
Rev. David L Matthews

Bellgrove Missionary Baptist Church
219 W. Castle St.
Syracuse, NY 13204
No phone number available

Bethany Baptist Church
149 Beattie Street
Syracuse, NY 13224
315- 446-5080

Bethel Community COGIC
200 Gillespie Avenue
Camillus, NY 13219
315-488-0929

Bethesda Temple Pentecostal Church
711 East Fayette Street
Syracuse, NY 13210
315-471-0907
Rev. Willie K. Mitchell

Bethlehem Revival Temple
610 Willis Avenue
Syracuse, NY
315-474-9793
Elder Willie Graham

Bethlehem Temple of Apostolic Faith
1901 South State Street
Syracuse, NY 13205
315-425-9267
Elder Leon Walker

Beulah Baptist Church
146 Palmer Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13204
315-425-1920
Rev. Alphonso Williams

Bread of life COGIC
311 Burnet Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13203
315-479-9115
Elder Theodore Montgomery

Brotherly Love COGIC
1234 South State Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
315-475-6233
Elder Wallace Barkins, Sr.

Central Baptist Church
1926 Midland Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13205
315-475-5012
Rev. Milton Kornegay

Christ Missionary Baptist Church
319 West Kennedy Street
Syracuse, NY 13205
315-476-7560
Rev. Lesslev Gilmore

Church Heavenly of Vision
121 Rose Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13202
315-472-0080

Church House of Levites COGIC
215 Oakwood Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13205
315-471-4133
Rev. James Pertillar

Community Temple COGIC
1300 South Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13207
No phone number available
Rev. Samuel Wagner

Crossroads Church of God by Faith
2338 South Salina Street
Syracuse, NY 13205
315-423-9356
Elder C. Tolbert, Sr

East Gate COGIC
362 Hudson Street
Syracuse, NY 13207
315-449-0143

Eternal Hope Worship Church
1507 James Street
Syracuse, NY 13203
315-479-8397
Elder Alfred Cage

Evangelical COGIC
4325 South Salina Street
Syracuse, NY 13205
315-469-1408
Elder Kenneth Reed

Faith By Love Family Worship
523 West Onondaga Street
Syracuse, NY 13204
315-475-0162
Rev. Leroy Legette, Sr.

Faith Missionary Baptist Church
435 Rich Street
Syracuse, NY 13207
315-478-0279
Rev. Delbert Young

Faith Tabernacle COGIC
1617 South State Street
Syracuse, NY 13205
315-478-0441
Elder Nonnie Holliman

Fountain of Life COGIC
700 South Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13207
315-469-5766
Rev. Jonathan Stephens

Four Square Gospel COGIC
2 18 Webster Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13205
315-476-2538
Elder Kenneth E. Clark

Full Gospel Church of the Lord Jesus
134 West Roswell Avenue
Nedrow, NY 13102
315-469-7073
Bishop James Stewart

Gethsemane Baptist Church
372 W. Matson Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13205
315-469-7343
Rev. James Young, Sr.

God's Temple of Faith
1501 South Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13207
315-476-5009
Bishop Leroy McClain, Sr.

God’s Way Church of Jesus
1800 South Salina Street
Syracuse, NY 13205
315-476-5009
Rev. Larry Ellis

Gospel Temple COGIC
571 Oakwood Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13205
315-478-7375
Elder James P. Lorick

Greater Holy Temple of Apostolic Faith
643 West Onondaga Street
Syracuse, NY 13207
315-424-8159
Bishop Alvin J. Nelson

Greater Love in Christ
2026 Midland Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13205
315-472-5161

Greater New Testament MBC
1121 South Salina Street
Syracuse, NY 13205
315-422-9777
Rev. Andre' Dowdell

Hebrew Baptist Church
1409 South McBride Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
315-479-0944

Holy Ghost Headquarters House of Prayer
110 Palmer Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13204
315-475-6124

Holy Tabernacle COGIC
109 Thompson Road
Nedrow, NY
315-492-1531
Elder O.C. Drummer

Hopps Memorial CME Church
1110 South State Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
315-475-0191
Rev. Kevin J. Agee

House of Disciples
1227 South Salina Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
315-422-1956

House of God
302 Garfield Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13205
No phone number available
Elder R.B. Delee

Light House of Love Ministries
128 Grand Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13217
315-422-6100
Rev. Carolyn Williams

Living Savior Deliverance Church
826 Cannon Street
Syracuse, NY 13205
No phone number available

Living Water COGIC
121 Huron Street
Syracuse, NY 13207
315-475-8969
Elder Nebraski Carter

Manifest Ministries
P.O. Box 11152
Syracuse, NY 13218
315-472-9142
Elder Vernon House

Metro Harvest Assembly of God
1808 East Fayette Street
Syracuse, NY 13210
315-424-7777

Mount Pleasant MB Church
116 W. Corning Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13205
315-478-2135
Rev. Daris Clark

New Beginnings Unity MBC
588 Delaware Street
Syracuse, NY 13204
315-476-4655

New Birth Ministries Fellowship
121 Crescent Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13206
No phone number available
Bishop Jimmie Smiley

New Covenant Baptist Church
107 East Beard Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13205
315-476-3737
Rev. Colette Matthews

New Hope MB Church
241 West Lafayette Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13205
315-476-8961
Rev. Leamon Dowdell

New Jerusalem COGIC
1641 South Salina Street
Syracuse, NY 13205
315-478-2382
Elder James Jones

New Jerusalem MB Church
1034 Montgomery Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
315-478-4652
Rev. Jimmie L. McMillon

New Morning Star MB Church
317 East Jefferson Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
315-474-1238

New Salem Baptist Church
516 South Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13204
315-424-1956

New Zion Church of Deliverance
108 Daisy Street
Syracuse, NY 13204
315-475-1949
Rev. Luvenia Capers

Payton Temple COGIC
1816 Midland Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13205
315-472-2242
Elder Eugene Akins

People's AME Zion Church
2306 South Salina Street
Syracuse, NY 13205
315-472-1198
Rev. Daren C. Jaime

Pilgrim Holiness Church
310 Hatch Street
Syracuse, NY 13205
315-475-2200
Sister Wallick

Power in Faith Church
920 Euclid Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13210
No phone number available
Rev. Rayford Taylor

Refuge Tabernacle COGIC
311 Oakwood Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13202
315-425-1951
Elder Burnell Reid, Sr.

Refuge Temple of Syracuse
1909 South Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13207
315-478-0351

Second Olivet Missionary Baptist Church
818 S. West Street (New Church under construction)
Syracuse, NY 13201
315-475-4124
Rev. Aaron James

Shield of Faith Ministries
P.O. Box 844- Colvin Station
Syracuse, NY 13205
No phone number available
Pastor Willie L. Sanders

Solid Rock COGIC
P.O. Box 405
Syracuse, NY 13205
No phone number available
Rev. Willie Graham

Southern Missionary Baptist Church
3143 Midland Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13205
315469-1610
Pastor G. Gregg Murray

Sovereign Grace Baptist Church
2225 East Fayette Street
Syracuse, NY 13224
315- 446-7619

Syracuse Salt of the Earth Ministries
713 West Fayette Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
315-423-3829
Rev. Frankie Jackson

The King's Healing Room COGIC
601 Irving Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13210
315-478-0809
Elder Brian Hill

The Promise Land Church
135 Walter Drive
Syracuse, NY 13206
315-432-5472
Rev. Erik Eure

Trinity COGIC
222 West Pleasant Street
Syracuse, NY 13205
315-476-9880

True Christian Community Church
119 ½ Lexington Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13210
315-471-0043
Rev. Walter Blue

True Vine Baptist Church
353 Rich Street
Syracuse, NY 13207
315-478-0429
Rev. Chauncey D. Brown

True Vine COGIC
111 Furman Street
Syracuse, NY 13205
315-475-0280
Elder Martin Chaplain

Tucker Missionary Baptist Church
515 Oakwood Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13205
315-475-8175
Rev. Leslie J. Johnson, II

Victory Temple
213 Van Buren Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
315-425-9405
Rev. H. Bernard Alex