New op tapsis Greater New Hope Baptist Church Celebrates 160 Years Rev. J.O.T. Lea, Pastor and members of Greater New Hope Baptist Church in Malvern, Arkansas will celebrate the 160th anniversary of their church Sunday, November 3, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. The guest churches are First Baptist Okolona. Rev. John A. Hill, Pastor will bring the message. New Director Baptist Church Malvern, Arkansas. Rev. Belinda Dobbins Pastor. Roanoke Baptist Church Hot Springs, Arkansas Dr. L.R. Massey, Pastor In 1859 Greater New Hope Baptist Church was founded in secrecy by Rev. Balm W. Whitiow and eight enslaved comrades in the Saginaw Community located in the Southwest section of Hot Spring County Rev. Balm Whitlow and these eight enslaved comrades were brought to Saginaw Community from Tennessee and North Carolina by Colonel Daniel Morison during the mid-1800. Rev. Whitlow and these eight enslaved comrades worshiped in secrecy in 1865. After the albolishment of slavery Rev. Whitlow and these eight comrades revealed they had organized a church and named the church New Hope. Rev. Whitlow and these eight comrades felt God had given them new hope, and a new lease on life with their freedom. Rev. Whitlow and these eight comrades built a brush arbor for their first place of worship after being freed from slavery. After completing the brush arbor structure for their church, these eight freed comrades elected Rev. Whitiow as the first pastor of New Hope Baptist Church. As the membership increased Rev. Whitlow and the congregation built a log structure and eventually a wood frame structure in which to worship Rev. Balm W. Whitlow served as pastor of Greater New Hope Baptist Church for 25 years before resigning to travel and establish churches throughout Arkansas. Rev. Whitlow's ministry lasted for more than a half a century. Also during Rev. Whitlow's tenure at Greater New Hope Baptist Church, he instilled in the minds of the congregation to have strong minds, kind hearts, faith in God and ready and willing hands for a long Christian Journey In the mid-1920s many of the African American families had moved from the Saginaw Community to Malvern. In January 1926 Rev. E.S. Moore was Greater New Hope Baptist Church's Pastor. Rev. Moore and bjs congregation moved Greater New Hope Baptist to Malvern to a renovated store building in the Bryant Addition Community Greater New Hope Baptist Church is registered at the Arkansas Historical Commission as the second oldest African American Church in Arkansas west of the Mississippi River. EVERYONE IS INVITED! 1202 W. Sullenberger New op tapsis Greater New Hope Baptist Church Celebrates 160 Years Rev. J.O.T. Lea, Pastor and members of Greater New Hope Baptist Church in Malvern, Arkansas will celebrate the 160th anniversary of their church Sunday, November 3, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. The guest churches are First Baptist Okolona. Rev. John A. Hill, Pastor will bring the message. New Director Baptist Church Malvern, Arkansas. Rev. Belinda Dobbins Pastor. Roanoke Baptist Church Hot Springs, Arkansas Dr. L.R. Massey, Pastor In 1859 Greater New Hope Baptist Church was founded in secrecy by Rev. Balm W. Whitiow and eight enslaved comrades in the Saginaw Community located in the Southwest section of Hot Spring County Rev. Balm Whitlow and these eight enslaved comrades were brought to Saginaw Community from Tennessee and North Carolina by Colonel Daniel Morison during the mid-1800. Rev. Whitlow and these eight enslaved comrades worshiped in secrecy in 1865. After the albolishment of slavery Rev. Whitlow and these eight comrades revealed they had organized a church and named the church New Hope. Rev. Whitlow and these eight comrades felt God had given them new hope, and a new lease on life with their freedom. Rev. Whitlow and these eight comrades built a brush arbor for their first place of worship after being freed from slavery. After completing the brush arbor structure for their church, these eight freed comrades elected Rev. Whitiow as the first pastor of New Hope Baptist Church. As the membership increased Rev. Whitlow and the congregation built a log structure and eventually a wood frame structure in which to worship Rev. Balm W. Whitlow served as pastor of Greater New Hope Baptist Church for 25 years before resigning to travel and establish churches throughout Arkansas. Rev. Whitlow's ministry lasted for more than a half a century. Also during Rev. Whitlow's tenure at Greater New Hope Baptist Church, he instilled in the minds of the congregation to have strong minds, kind hearts, faith in God and ready and willing hands for a long Christian Journey In the mid-1920s many of the African American families had moved from the Saginaw Community to Malvern. In January 1926 Rev. E.S. Moore was Greater New Hope Baptist Church's Pastor. Rev. Moore and bjs congregation moved Greater New Hope Baptist to Malvern to a renovated store building in the Bryant Addition Community Greater New Hope Baptist Church is registered at the Arkansas Historical Commission as the second oldest African American Church in Arkansas west of the Mississippi River. EVERYONE IS INVITED! 1202 W. Sullenberger