East Baltimore Church of Christ

 

On November 14, 1995 – Through much prayer to God for his wisdom and mercy Kevin Bethea and Horace Grant Sr. began to prepare plans for the church of Christ in East Baltimore.

December 3rd, 1995 – First worship service was held at the holiday Inn on Frankford Avenue and Moravia Park Drive; more than 45 people were in attendance.

February 14th, 1996 – We moved from the hotel into own worship facility in the Highland town community; more than fifty members were in attendance. Later that same year God blessed us to install Kevin Bethea and Horace Grant Sr. as elders in the congregation.

December 7, 1996 – God continued to bless us in our rapid growth rate and with the lack of adequate space to expand in the general vicinity we began to look elsewhere. Plans were being prepared to relocate to another location in the Northeast section of Baltimore that would accommodate the increased membership.

In the spring of 1997 God blessed the congregation to relocate again to 6305 Sherwood Road. This new location afforded the congregation the opportunity to become community ministry oriented. We were able to have community summer camps, gospel meeting, financial workshops, a bible college and more. We also were blessed to install Eric Brooks and Eric Lorick as deacons in the congregation and Gregory Claiborne as associate minister.

In the summer of 2003 the time had come for the congregation to relocate once more to 9420 Belair Road. This new larger facility would allow us to continue to grow and serve more efficiently. Our new facility sets on three and one-half acres of land and gives us further growth potential. We have expanded the Northeast Baltimore Bible Institute and college to meet the needs of the community at large. We have installed Kevin Bethea, Eric Brooks, and Eric Lorick as elders and Robert Cooper and Marlowe Rogers as deacons and Larry Frazier as an additional associate minister. We presently look forward to seeing what blessing the Lord will bestow upon us next. We thank God for his goodness and favor for without Him we can’t do anything, but with Jesus Christ all things are possible.