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Rev. Kemper
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Rev. Kemper came to pastor in 1961. In 1967, six acres of property was purchased
for $18,000 at 1599 E. Sycamore St. The first mortgage burning occurred April 20, 1969.
Another loan was secured from Union Bank and we had ground breaking services on May 4, 1969.
We marched into our new place of worship on May 8, 1970.
On July 12, 1970, the trustees were given the authority to borrow the necessary monies
to build the west wing, which consisted of three classrooms, pastor's study, kitchen, dining area,
men and ladies' restrooms.
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Later that year, Bro. Clarence Cross, a former member and professional architect,
equipped on a classroom as a library in memory of his mother Mrs. Imelia Fort and Sister,
Mrs. Esther Minter. The Mt. Pisgah Memorial Library was dedicated June 1971. In 1978, phase
three of the building took place with the construction of the east wing. This consisted of a
kitchen, ladies lounge, restrooms, another small room and a multi-purpose dining area. Remolding
occurred including new carpet, parking lot was enlarged and the church bricked. Two vans, a piano
and organ were purchased, and storage cabinets were installed in the dining area. A freezer was
also purchased. A new stove was purchased by the Helping Hands Ministry.
In August, 1981, we burned our mortgage, five (5) years ahead of time. In 1993,
one acre of land was purchased west of the church, a $400,000 Family Life Center built
and a new roof and the lighted cross steeple were added. The church hired the
Rev. Paul Barrett as assistant to the Pastor.
In September of 2001 after forty years of humble, hard and dedicated leadership
Pastor F.S. Kemper, Sr. went home suddenly to be with the Lord. Under his
leadership God elevated this Church family to higher heights in Christ Jesus.
After the 40 years of stable, sensitive and spiritual stewardship of Dr. F.S. Kemper
ended, Mt. Pisgah began to pray that God would send us a Pastor who had a heart for
the people, a longing for ministry, the capacity to preach, teach, and reach.
On October 31, 2002 God clearly heard our prayers and sent who we asked for,
who we needed and who He had prepared to take this Church to another level of
ministry. The Reverend Lonnie E. Anderson, Jr., of the Berean Baptist Chruch
of Marion, Alabama, was called and accepted the call to be the 7th Pastor in
82 years at the Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church.
On Sunday, March 23, 2003 officially installed Pastor Anderson during a
week of celebration and recognition. Pastor Anderson's emphasis on Christian
Education, Evangelism, Youth Ministry, Discipleship, and being purpose driven
has revived, refreshed, and refocused our Church on Kingdom business and eternal
matters.
In just a short time God, through the leardership of Pastor Anderson, has taken
the Church back to the BASICS and a higher level of ministry has been implemented.
We are praising God for an awesome spiritual and numerical growth.
We have out grown our present facility and have built a new edifice to help expand our
ministries and to take Kokomo for Jesus!
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Pastor L.E.Andersion, Jr.
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With the lead of Pastor Anderson, "eyes have not seen, ears have not heard,
nor has it entered into the hearts of men, the good things that the Lord has
in store."
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Mt Pisgah |
1599 E. Sycamore |
Kokomo, IN 46901 |
Phone: (765) 452-3898 |
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