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ishop C. Nathan Edwers
It is a great delight that I welcome you to Friendship
Worship Center website. Friendship Worship Center of Mount Vernon, New York is located in the suburbs of Westchester County.This ministry has been established for many years.
I have been privileged to lead this congregation for the past twelve years, as it's Senior Pastor and Bishop. Our church has expanded beyond my own imagination. Friendship Worship Center is part of the body of Christ. Our witness is focus around the greater New York Metropolitan area. Over 12 million people live within the greater New York Communities. What a great mission field to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I invite you to our website and visit our church if you are in the area. - Bishop C. Nathan Edwers
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Collie Nathan Edwers was born in Newark, New Jersey to the union of Bishop Collie Edwers and the late Mother Dorothy Edwers. He is the third child born to this family of seven. Affectionately known as Nathan, he was reared in the quiet suburban community of North Edison, New Jersey. He was educated in the Edison High School system until his parents relocated to Metuchen, New Jersey during his junior year of High School.

It was during this time of his adolescent years that Nathan felt and responded to the call of God on his life. At the age of sixteen, Nathan preached his initial sermon at St. Mark U.F.W. Baptist Church, the same church where his father baptized him. Upon High School graduation, Nathan continued his education through the encouragement of his parents and the late Bishop Curtis D. Gilmore. Nathan was directed to pursue his undergraduate education at Northeastern Bible College in Essex Falls, New Jersey. During his senior year of study, he was approached by the officers of Calvary U.F.W. Baptist Church to serve as their next Pastor. In May of 1983, Nathan was elected as their Pastor and assumed that responsibility on the Fifth Sunday. During this time Nathan decided, against the advice of his father, to discontinue his education at Northeastern Bible College in order to give full attention to the Church. During his six years tenure as Pastor, Nathan was very fortunate to meet his darling wife, Aro Denise Harper. Out of this union were born two children, Eric and Sherri.

In January 1989, Nathan, Denise and Sherri accepted the call as the First Family of Little Friendship Unified Free Will Baptist Church. During his ministry at Friendship Church, the Lord added to his family his son, Eric Nathan Edwers. Nathan decided that it was important for him to complete his undergraduate education so he enrolled in Nyack College in Nyack, New York. In April of 1991, Nathan completed all requirements for the Bachelor of Science with a major in Christian Education and a minor in Literature. After the completion of his undergraduate education, Nathan started his graduate studies at Alliance Theological Seminary in Nyack, New York. In May of 1993 Nathan completed the required courses for graduation and was conferred the Masters of Professional Studies Degree. Because of his warm and charming personality, Nathan was asked by the Alliance Theological Seminar Administrator to lend his experience in building a network of churches for the recruitment of the next generation of church leaders.

Under the leadership of Pastor Edwers many new programs have been established. The Layman's Institute, the Logos (word) ministry, which was broadcast live from the sanctuary every Sunday morning from 11:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon on Radio Station WRTN 93.5 FM. This ministry lasted for 4 ½ years. Our last broadcast was August 1993.

Many new ministries have been established because of his great leadership. Due to an expansion and betterment of the church, over $200,000 has been done in renovations since 1989. In April of 1996, a ten-year Mortgage commitment was paid off in seven-years to North Fork Bank in Mount Vernon, New York.
In October of 1997, Pastor Edwers began the process to acquire Temple Emanuel Jewish Center in Mount Vernon, which was up for sale. In January 1998 the church agreed to modify its name by removing the word "little" from its former name known as "Little Friendship Unified Free Will Baptist Church". Bishop Edwers led the church into a $1.3 million dollar expansion program. Hallelujah, God Did It! On August 16, 1998 he marched the "Friendship Unified Free Will Baptist Church" into our new home, and renamed the church, "Friendship Worship Center", in order for the ministry at Friendship to be relevant for new millennium.
On Saturday, March 20, 1999 Bishop Collie Edwers conferred upon his son, C. Nathan Edwers the sacred office of the Bishop.