In which church did Aretha Franklin record her live gospel album 'Amazing Grace'?

Aretha Franklin recorded her live gospel album Amazing Grace at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles. The sessions took place on January 13 and 14, 1972, with Reverend James Cleveland and the Southern California Community Choir supporting her.

Released by Atlantic Records on June 1, 1972, Amazing Grace became one of Franklin’s defining recordings and her best-selling album. It captured the intimacy of a church service rather than a conventional concert, blending Franklin’s powerful vocals and piano playing with choir harmonies, congregational energy, and Cleveland’s direction.

The album won the Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance in 1973 and sold more than two million copies in the United States. It is also widely regarded as the best-selling gospel album of all time. A concert film made from the same church performances was not released until 2018, after decades of technical and production difficulties.

The venue is sometimes confused with Greater Grace Temple in Detroit, where Franklin’s 2018 funeral was held. That church was connected to her memorial service, not the recording of Amazing Grace.