Berea Temple Seventh-day Adventist Church, formerly known as The Third Seventh-day Adventist Church was officially organized in 1900. It's first formal structure was located at Druid Hill Avenue and Laurens Street. As the congregation grew in size, Berea moved Druid Hill and Robert Street in 1912 and later to Harlem Avenue and Dolphin Street in 1922.

Acting on behalf of the whole church and in response to a need to expand to a larger facility, Berea Temple made a decision to negotiate the purchase of the Madison Avenue Temple from the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation in 1950.

This was a challenging undertaking for the congregation. However, the Board of Directors, lead by William L. Cheatham, pastor of Berea Temple, skillfully negotiated a contractual agreement to purchase its present church home for $75, 000. The main sanctuary seats 1,000 worshippers; a gallery over the Madison Avenue entrance vestibule accommodates 180.

In 1976 Berea Temple was designated as a national landmark and recorded as such in the National Registry of Historical Sites with the U.S. Department of the Interior. The edifice represents a prime example of Byzantine architecture in America.

Berea Temple now is on a new mission to reach out to the community and meet people where they are. Under the leadership of our pastoral team we will continue to invite people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and one another through worshipping, learning, loving, and serving.