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he Friendship Worship Center
"The Family Center"
Mission
Statement
Friendship Worship Center is a diverse
multi-cultural and multi-racial congregation. We seek not to
celebrate anyone's Denominational affiliation but to celebrate
One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism in the person of Jesus the
Christ. Through the holistic approach to ministry we focus on
the total family.
V-I-S-I-O-N
- To Establish the kingdom of God upon
the earth through our daily witness of Christ Jesus.
- To Empower believer's to do the work
of evangelism through the nurturing of their spiritual gifts.
- To Build healthy families by sharing
God's plan for wholeness through worship, social activities
and personal down time.
- To Infect and Affect our communities
through our Christian witness by bridging the gap that separate
us.
- To Seek to be a community regional
base in the preparation of leaders who will become agents
of change.
 Historic
Profile
In
1942 a group of women from the Mount Vernon Community led by
Mother Lillian Davis, an active missionary, began a Freewill
Baptist Mission work. For two years these women shared in there
homes the message
and work of Christ. In 1944, the officials of the Freewill Baptist
Conference
came and officially organized the St. Paul
Freewill Baptist Church of Mo unt
Vernon, New York. Around the late 40's the church was renamed
Little Friendship United American Freewill Baptist Church. In
1950, Little Friendship became incorporated in the State of
New York. During those early stages of the church development
many different ministers and layperson held the church together.
This was done under the supervision of the late Rev. N.E. Sharp
Moderator of the Northern Annual Conference of the United  American
Freewill Baptist Church. The first elected pastor of this church
was the late Rev. B.T. Johnson who led the church from 1948-1956.
During his tenure Little Friendship purchased it's church building
at 358 South Ninth Avenue, Mount Vernon, New York. The successions
of Pastors were Rev. S.H. Wylie 1956-1957, Rev. H. Miller 1957-1958,
Rev. O. E. Davis 1958-1959, Rev. Otis Park 1959-1983, Rev. Joe
L. Brown 1983-1988, and Elder C. Nathan Edwers 1988 - present.
In 1997, the
church name was changed and Corporation papers were amended
to Friendship Unified Freewill Baptist Church of Mount Vernon,
New York.
 In
August 1998 Pastor C. Nathan Edwers was led by the Lord to move
Friendship Unified Freewill Baptist Church into $1.3 million
edifice located at 261 East Lincoln Avenue in Mount Vernon at
present. The church seating capacity is 1200. In September 1998
Pastor Edwers was moved by the Holy Ghost to rename our church
to Friendship
Worship Center, "The Family Center". In March 20,
1999 Pastor Edwers was consecrated as a Bishop in the Lord's
church. Through the years the Lord has blessed this ministry
to birth pastors, ministers and churches throughout the metropolitan
area. Friendship Worship Center is now on the cutting edge of
the 21st Century. It is an active member of the Body of Christ
and has continued its affiliation with the Free Will Baptist
Faith.
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