1883 - 1947

ON JANUARY 1, 1883, JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH BRANCHED OUT FROM HUSPAH BAPTIST CHURCH WITH THE REVEREND PAUL GRANT AS PASTOR. THE OFFICERS AT THAT TIME WERE:

DEACON ADAM GILES

DEACON HARRY STEWARD

DEACON TOBY STREAVING

DEACON MITCHELL DOCTOR

DEACON WILLIAM BRYANT

JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH HELD SERVICES UNDER A BUSH TENT UNTIL THEY COULD CONSTRUCT A BUILDING.

DURING THE YEARS 1902-1947, JERUSALEM HAS HAD MANY FAITHFUL AND DEVOTED PASTORS. THEY WERE:

REVEREND RENTIE BUCKNER

REVEREND GABE GREEN

REVEREND MANNI WILLIAMS

REVEVERND ELIAS DOCTOR

REVEREND S. T. BOBIAN

REVEREND JAKE BOBIAN

1948 -1963

IN 1948, THE REVEREND ESAU HAMILTON WAS CALLED TO PASTOR JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH. THE DEACONS AT THAT TIME WERE:

CHAIRMAN DEACON HASKELL TALBERT

DEACON WILLIE GRAHAM

DEACON RIAS ALSTON

DEACON GEORGE ALSTON

DEACON ISAAC PRYOR

FOR 80 YEARS, JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH HAD BEEN IN GARDENS CORNER, SC. DURING THIS TIME, MANY SOULS WERE BAPTIZED AND ADDED TO JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH UNDER REVEREND HAMILTON’S LEADERSHIP.

1963 - 1999

IN 1963, THE JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH FAMILY MARCHED FROM GARDENS CORNER, SC TO ITS PRESENT LOCATION IN JENKINS, SC. THE CHURCH NAME WAS THEN CHANGED TO “NEW JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH”.

AFTER THE HOMEGOING OF REVEREND HAMILTON IN 1979, THE REVEREND LEROY FERGUSON[P1]1883 - 1947

ON JANUARY 1, 1883, JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH BRANCHED OUT FROM HUSPAH BAPTIST CHURCH WITH THE REVEREND PAUL GRANT AS PASTOR. THE OFFICERS AT THAT TIME WERE:

DEACON ADAM GILES

DEACON HARRY STEWARD

DEACON TOBY STREAVING

DEACON MITCHELL DOCTOR

DEACON WILLIAM BRYANT

JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH HELD SERVICES UNDER A BUSH TENT UNTIL THEY COULD CONSTRUCT A BUILDING.

DURING THE YEARS 1902-1947, JERUSALEM HAS HAD MANY FAITHFUL AND DEVOTED PASTORS. THEY WERE:

REVEREND RENTIE BUCKNER

REVEREND GABE GREEN

REVEREND MANNI WILLIAMS

REVEVERND ELIAS DOCTOR

REVEREND S. T. BOBIAN

REVEREND JAKE BOBIAN

1948 -1963

IN 1948, THE REVEREND ESAU HAMILTON WAS CALLED TO PASTOR JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH. THE DEACONS AT THAT TIME WERE:

CHAIRMAN DEACON HASKELL TALBERT

DEACON WILLIE GRAHAM

DEACON RIAS ALSTON

DEACON GEORGE ALSTON

DEACON ISAAC PRYOR

FOR 80 YEARS, JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH HAD BEEN IN GARDENS CORNER, SC. DURING THIS TIME, MANY SOULS WERE BAPTIZED AND ADDED TO JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH UNDER REVEREND HAMILTON’S LEADERSHIP.

1963 - 1999

IN 1963, THE JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH FAMILY MARCHED FROM GARDENS CORNER, SC TO ITS PRESENT LOCATION IN JENKINS, SC. THE CHURCH NAME WAS THEN CHANGED TO “NEW JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH”.

AFTER THE HOMEGOING OF REVEREND HAMILTON IN 1979, THE REVEREND LEROY FERGUSON[P1] [AD2] BECAME THE PASTOR. THE DEACONS UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP WERE:

DEACON CHAIRMAN GEORGE ALSTON

DEACON ALVIN FIELDS

DEACON CURTIS FERGUSON

DEACON FRANK FERGUSON

DEACON SINCLAIRE EUGENE

DEACON TERRACE EUGENE

DEACON JONATHAN HAMILTON.

IN MARCH 1989, , DEACON CHAIRMAN GEORGE ALSTON WAS CALLED HOME AND DEACON ALVIN FIELDS WAS ELECTED AS DEACON CHAIRMAN..

UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF REVEREND FERUGSON, MANY SOULS WERE ADDED, FOUR DEACONS WERE ORDAINED, AND ONE MINISTER WAS LICENSED AND ORDAINED-EVANGELIST BETTY FORD.

ON THE FIRST SUNDAY IN MAY OF 1997, OUR CHURCH NAME WAS AGAIN CHANGED TO “NEW JERUSALEM FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH. IN THE SAME YEAR, CHAIRMAN DEACON ALVIN FIELDS WAS CALLED HOME ANDDEACON CURTIS FERGUSON, WAS ELECTED CHAIRMAN DEACON.

AFTER SERVING FOR 19 YEARS, DOING THE WORK OF HIS FATHER, REVEREND LEROY FERGUSON WAS CALLED HOME FROM LABOR AND WENT ON HOME TO BE WITH LORD.

AFTER THE HOMEGOING OF REVEREND FERGUSON, OUR ASSOCIATE MINISTER, EVANGELIST BETTY FORD, CONDUCTED SERVICE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.

1999 - 2016

IN FEBRUARY 1999, REVEREND BURNETT MUNGIN WAS ELECTED TO BECOME PASTOR OF NEW JERUSALEM FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH. PASTOR MUNGIN’S LEADERSHIP WAS ONE WITH GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS: SOULS WERE ADDED, THREE DEACONS WERE ORDAINED, THE PHYSICAL PART OF THE BUILDING UNDERGONE MANY CHANGES, THE FELLOWSHIP HALL WAS COMPLETED, THE SANCTUARY WAS LENGTHENED, A CHURCH VAN WAS PURCHASED, CENTRAL HEATING AND AIR WAS INSTALLED, PULPIT SET AND NEW PEWS WEREPURCHASED, NEW CHOIR ROBES WERE PURCHASED, THE MISSIONARY BOARD WAS REORGANIZED, AND THE TRUSTEE BOARD WAS SET IN PLACE.

THOSE DEACONS SERVING UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF REVEREND MUNGIN WERE AS FOLLOWS:

DEACON CURTIS FERGUSON, CHAIRMAN,

DEACON FRANK FERGUSON,

DEACON JONATHAN HAMILTON,

DEACON WILLIE HAMILTON,

DEACON SAM GREEN,

DEACON ALBERT L. WHITE.

2016 - PRESENT

IN FEBRUARY 2016, REVEREND MUNGIN RESIGNED. NEW JERUSALEM FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH WAS WITHOUT A SHEPHARD FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THEN GOD SPOKEN TO HIS PEOPLE SAYING, “THE TIME IS NOW, HIM I GIVE TO YOU”.. ON AUGUST 28, 2016, THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS ORDAINED AND INSTALLED PASTOR ANTHONY DIX AS PASTOR OF NEW JERUSALEM FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH.

REVEREND DIX CAME TO US WITH HIS WIFE, FIRST LADY STEPHANIE DIX AND THREE CHILDREN, ANTHONY, JAYLA, AND DAESHAWN.