Full Gospel Tabernacle Church

I can't wait till this corona stuff is over and we can attend Al Greens church.

Made our visit to Memphis! We enjoyed the singing and preaching but the sweet spirit of the church members was great!! Made us feel so welcome!

This was really a very special experience! We were even so lucky, that the Bishop Al Green was conducting the service on that Sunday. The members of the church made us visitors really feel comfortable and at home. The choir is out of this world! Great voices... great music... and a wonderful church service! If you have a chance, go and visit the service on Sunday! And bring time to enjoy it fully.

I attended Bishop Al Green’s church on December 8, 2019, which was my Dad’s birthday. I always wanted to attend a Sunday service in which Bishop Al Green gave the sermon. I drove from Panama City, Florida to celebrate my father’s birthday of which his funeral service was December 5, 2019. I was made to feel more than welcome and I couldn’t think of a better place to be that Sunday. May God continue to watch over us all and keep us ever so close to him in this journey of life.

TURN OFF YOUR CELLPHONES when you’re in a church, people. They went off three times - and one clueless lady just let her tropical ringtone keep going... amplified with church acoustics. So disrespectful.

The service we attended was very joyous in tone (no homophobic messages) and warm and welcoming to outside visitors. The band - with guitar, bass, drums, organ and piano - is amazing. One of the female solo singers was a great blues/soul singer. My husband and I are musicians and not particularly religious. Al Green was in really good spirits until the cell phones.

But be prepared that 1) the service can take 2.5 hours and you can’t get up and leave, there’s no break (but we thought the time flew by.) 2) do NOT use flash photography and maybe just try to be in the moment and don’t photograph at all. 3) this is a Sunday sermon for the local parish where local events will be addressed - the focus is not to be a tourist attraction. 4) other pastors will be leading the service for the first half before Al Green begins to talk (and sing!)

Show respect, set aside ample time, turn off your phones, and have a really cool and uplifting experience.