Monthly Archives: August 1990

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1990

1990 | 8 | 8|

After selling the building in 1983, the Reformed congregation moved to the side-room, once used by the Maranatha community, for their services. In 1990, the Reformed community left the building and joined with another Reformed church (Pniëlkerk, in the Bos en Lommer district). Meanwhile, the Maranatha Church, now called Maranatha Ministries, grew exponentially.

1990s

1990 | 8 | 8|

The site was disturbed during the construction of London Underground's Jubilee line. Archaeologists from the Museum of London Archaeology Service excavated 148 skeletons which, they estimated, accounted for less than 1% of the total burials. Locals established a campaign to save the site from development and stop further removal of human remains.

1990 and 2006

1990 | 8 | 8|

A site on the corner of Harper Road and Dickens Square was acquired and planning permission was granted to build a mosque. A temporary building, accommodating 400 men, was later replaced with the current larger one, the Baitul Aziz Mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre, which caters for 2,500 men and women.

Late 1990s

1990 | 8 | 5|

The Ghanaian community in Berlin held their services in rooms belonging to the “Africa Centre Berlin”, established in 1996 in Hohenstaufenbergstraße in Schöneberg.