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CHURCH HISTORY I CHURCH HISTORY II

THE NEW PSALMIST BAPTIST CHURCH CHURCH-WIDE INSTITUTE - DREAMING BIG DREAMS

FUELING FOR CHANGEMARCH 23, 2017

SIS. PAM LIMBERRYSIS. CHETTA HEBRON-BYRD

EACH SESSION IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE :

HISTORICAL INFORMATION

IDENTIFY IMPORTANT LESSONS LEARNED

OPEN OURSELVES UP FOR FUTURE HOPES!

Dreaming big dreams; fueling for change

“Change does not change tradition, it strengthens it.Change is a challenge and an opportunity, not a

threat.”

Prince Philip of England



“THE BAPTISTS”• ORIGINATED IN ENGLAND, EARLY IN THE 17TH CENTURY IN A TIME OF INTENSE

RELIGIOUS REFORM. LARGELY A PURITAN MOVEMENT AS THEY INSISTED ON “PURITY” OF DOCTRINE AND PRACTICES WITHIN THE CHURCH

• THEY SOUGHT TO RECOVER AND PROCLAIM THE FAITH OF THE NEW TESTAMENT AS FIRST GIVEN BY JESUS AND HIS APOSTLES

• GREAT REFORMERS MARTIN LUTHER IN GERMANY AND JOHN CALVIN IN GENEVA CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT DEMANDING REFORM

• NEW TRANSLATIONS OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE ALLOWED COMMON PEOPLE TO READ THE WORD OF GOD

• SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHANGES WHICH LED PEOPLE TO WANT MORE PARTICIPATION IN THEIR CHURCH


“THE BAPTISTS”

THE PURITAN MOVEMENT

1. READ THE WORD

2. BELIEVE THE WORD

3. LIVE BY THE WORD

“THE BAPTISTS”

• MEMBERSHIP WAS RESERVED FOR ONLY BELIEVERS

• UPON THEIR PROFESSION OF FAITH, THEY WERE BAPTIZED BY FULL IMMERSION

• KNOWN AS BELIEVER’S BAPTISM

• OPPONENTS NICKNAMED THEM “THE BAPTISTS” AND IT STUCK


HISTORY OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION

DEMOCRATIC•GOVERNED BY THE PEOPLE TO

CHOOSE MINISTRY LEADERS

•AUTONOMOUS- EACH CHURCH OPERATES INDEPENDENTLY – NOT

GOVERNED BY COUNCIL/CONFERENCE

ORIGIN•IN AMERICA, THE BAPTISTCHURCH WAS FORMED IN

1639 BY A ENGLISH PURITAN NAMED ROGER WILLIAMS

•LARGEST PROTESTANT DENOMINATION

AFFILIATIONS•½ OF ALL BAPTIST CHURCHS IN THE US ARE AFFILIATED WITH THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION

•NPBC AFFILIATIONS: •PROGRESSIVE NATIONAL BC•AMERICAN BC•UNITED MISSIONARY BC•PROGRESSIVE STATE CONVENTION

WHAT DO BAPTIST BELIEVE?

BAPTIST DISTINCTION:

PRIESTHOOD OF THE BELIEVER – MEANS THAT WE HAVE NO INTERMEDIATE AUTHORITY BETWEEN US AND GOD. BAPTIST BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NO MAN OR CHURCH AUTHORITY

THAT ONE MUST GO THROUGH TO FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD.

WE CAN GO DIRECTLY TO GOD WITH OUR PETITIONS AND PRAYERS AND HE MAY MAKE HIS WILL KNOWN DIRECTLY TO US.

1ST TIMOTHY 2:5

1ST PETER 2:5,9


THE NEW PSALMIST BAPTIST CHURCH ARTICLES OF FAITH

1. The Scriptures:2 Tim. 3:16-171 Peter 1:23-25

2. God: 1 Corinthians 8:6

3. The Trinity:Matt. 28:192 Corinthians 13:141 Peter 1:1-2John 10:30



4. Providence:Psalm 103:19

5. Election: Romans 9:6-21Eph. 1:41 Thesa 1:4

6. The Fall of Man:Genesis 3:1-5:32



7. The Mediator:1 Timothy 2:5

8. Regeneration:2 Peter 1:4Eph. 2:10John 1:13John 3:3,72 Cor. 5:17

9. Repentance:Luke 24:46-48Acts 3:192 Cor. 7: 9-10



10. Faith: Romans 4:16-22Eph. 2:8-9

11. Justification: Romans 4:11Phil. 3:9

12. Sanctification:1 Thesa. 4:7Eph. 2:10



13. Perseverance of the Saints :John 3:16Eph. 2:8-9

14. The Church: Rev. 1:11,201 Tim. 3:2-13

15. Baptism:Acts 8:36-37



16. The Lord’s Supper :1 Cor. 11:23-31

17. The Lord’s Day: Exodus 20:8-11Luke 23:56Hebrews 10:25

18. Liberty of Conscience:Matt. 16:272 Peter 3:9



19. The Resurrection: Luke 24

20. The Judgement:Matt. 28:192 Cor. 5:101 Cor. 6:9-10

SO, WHAT ?

WHAT DID I HEAR?

WHAT AM I THINKING?

WHAT WILL I DO?


BE PREPARED

BE PERSISTENT

PERSEVERE

CHURCH HISTORY II

BISHOP

WALTER S. THOMAS SR.

CHURCH HISTORY II

• IN 1975 DR. WALTER THOMAS WAS CALLED TO PASTOR NEW PSALMIST, HE BECAME THE THIRD AND CURRENT PASTOR OF THIS GREAT CHURCH. THE CHURCH BEGAN TO

EXPERIENCE A CONGREGATIONAL EXPLOSION AND QUICKLY OUTGREW THE NORTH AVENUE BUILDING.

• IN 1981 THE CHURCH OPENED THE NEW LIFE OUTREACH CENTER ON NORTH CATHEDRAL

STREET TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY

CHURCH HISTORY II • IN 1978 UNDER DR. THOMAS LEADERSHIP THE

CHURCH MOVED TO FRANKLIN & CATHEDRAL STREETS.

• A LARGE MOTORCADE PRECEDED FROM NORTH &

DRUID HILL AVENUES TO FRANKLIN & CATHEDRAL STREETS ON JANUARY 1, 1978. THIS BUILDING WAS

PURCHASED FOR $215,000 FROM THE FORMER FRANKLIN STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

CHURCH HISTORY II •IN 1986 THE CHURCH PURCHASED A 19 ACRE ESTATE, THE UPLANDS CHURCH HOME FOR WOMEN. THE PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED FOR $975,000

•IN 1986 THE NEW PSALMIST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OPENED ON THE RECENTLY PURCHASED 19 ACRES ESTATE, SERVING PRE-K TO THE 5TH GRADE. THE SCHOOL CLOSED IN 2008

•ON APRIL 7, 1996 THEY MOVED FROM FRANKLIN & CATHEDRAL STREETS TO 4501 ½ OLD FREDERICK ROAD, WHERE THE CHURCH GROWTH CONTINUED AT A RAPID PACE.

CHURCH HISTORY II IN 2010 THE CHURCH MOVED TO 6020 MARIAN DRIVE

AFFECTIONATELY CALL THE

“HOLY CITY OF ZION”. WHERE TODAY THE CHURCH CONTINUES

TO GROW AND EMPOWER

DISCIPLES.

CHURCH HISTORY II UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF BISHOP

THOMAS THE CHURCH HAS GROWN FROM APPROXIMATELY 250 TO

8,000 MEMBERS AND OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

A WEDNESDAY NOON DAY SERVICE A FORMAL (3) YEAR “DISCIPLESHIP

PROGRAM”LEADERSHIP CLASSES

MULTI MEDIA EVANGELISM (TV, RADIO, INTERNET)MINISTRY SCHOOL

BIBLE CLASSES THREE LOCATIONSCATERING STAFF

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