How it all started...
ALC was born in 1917 as a spiritual refuge for immigrants predominantly from Barbados, and has since evolved into a thriving, multicultural beacon of hope in the community. It has survived a devastating fire, shifting economic tides in the surrounding community, and the rapid secularization of society at large.
Today, the building – a modest wood frame structure – still sits just blocks from Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), two secular giants of learning and culture. Students from those and other Boston area campuses, while often transient, still somehow find their way to ALC’s programs of ministry, service, prayer, and worship. And membership continues to grow.
Today, the building – a modest wood frame structure – still sits just blocks from Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), two secular giants of learning and culture. Students from those and other Boston area campuses, while often transient, still somehow find their way to ALC’s programs of ministry, service, prayer, and worship. And membership continues to grow.
