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	Baptist Temple
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Baptist Temple, August 2008
Location	360 Schermerhorn St., Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates	40°41′11″N 73°58′48″W / 40.68639°N 73.98000°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1894
Architect	Weary & Kramer; Dodge & Morrison
Architectural style	Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	95001334
Added to NRHP	November 20, 1995

Next Step Community Church is a historic non-denominational evangelical Christian church at 360 Schermerhorn Street in Brooklyn, New York. It was built in 1893–1894 in the Romanesque Revival style and rebuilt after a fire in 1917–1918. It has a brownstone base and superstructure faced with subtly textured brick with brownstone trim. The building features a large rose window and three corner towers.^[2]

It is a work of architects Weary & Kramer, and it is a work of Dodge & Morrison.^[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 under the name Baptist Temple.^[1] The historic pipe organ was undergoing a multi-year restoration at the time.^[3] It was seriously damaged in a three-alarm fire that broke out on July 7, 2010.^[4]

In 2022, it became nondenominational and was renamed Next Step Community Church. ^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Peter D. Shaver (September 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Baptist Temple" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying five photographs
^ Pipe organ restoration by Daphne Sashin, New York Times Archived July 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ NYC American Guild of Organists website Archived July 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ Megan McGibney, Downtown Brooklyn Church Relaunches Parents’ Ministry, as Cost of Living Escalates, bkreader.com, USA, Sep 6, 2023

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[NysNrhpNom-2] "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Peter D. Shaver (September 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Baptist Temple" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying five photographs

[3] Pipe organ restoration by Daphne Sashin, New York Times Archived July 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[4] NYC American Guild of Organists website Archived July 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[5] Megan McGibney, Downtown Brooklyn Church Relaunches Parents’ Ministry, as Cost of Living Escalates, bkreader.com, USA, Sep 6, 2023

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