Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Riverside Church is a Christian church in Morningside Heights, Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is situated at 120th Street and 490 Riverside Drive, across the street from, and two blocks south of, President Grant's Tomb. Although interdenominational, it is also associated with the American Baptist Churches USA and the United Church of Christ. It is famous for its large size and elaborate Neo-Gothic architecture as well as its history of social justice. It was described by The New York Times in 2008 as "a stronghold of activism and political debate throughout its 75-year history ... influential on the nation's religious and political landscapes." It has been a focal point of global and national activism since its inception.The church was conceived by the famed, but controversial, industrialist, financier, and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (1874–1960), and the emerging but controversial, famous minister and preacher Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878–1969), as a large, interdenominational church in a neighborhood important to the city, open to all who profess faith in Christ. Its congregation includes more than forty ethnic groups. As of 2007, the church had a $14 million annual operating budget and a paid staff of 130. In 2012 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places."@en }
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- Q1156586 abstract "Riverside Church is a Christian church in Morningside Heights, Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is situated at 120th Street and 490 Riverside Drive, across the street from, and two blocks south of, President Grant's Tomb. Although interdenominational, it is also associated with the American Baptist Churches USA and the United Church of Christ. It is famous for its large size and elaborate Neo-Gothic architecture as well as its history of social justice. It was described by The New York Times in 2008 as "a stronghold of activism and political debate throughout its 75-year history ... influential on the nation's religious and political landscapes." It has been a focal point of global and national activism since its inception.The church was conceived by the famed, but controversial, industrialist, financier, and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (1874–1960), and the emerging but controversial, famous minister and preacher Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878–1969), as a large, interdenominational church in a neighborhood important to the city, open to all who profess faith in Christ. Its congregation includes more than forty ethnic groups. As of 2007, the church had a $14 million annual operating budget and a paid staff of 130. In 2012 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.".