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Antioch Waco, which serves as the headquarters of the Antioch movement, was founded in April 1999. Founder Jimmy Seibert had been an Associate Pastor at Highland Baptist Church in Waco since 1988, where he introduced the concept of "life groups" (small prayer groups) and started a missionary school called Antioch Ministries International.
In June 1991, PCPC started meeting in the facilities of Highland Baptist Church; PCPC would ultimately purchase the building. On June 23, 1991 the congregation adopted its current name. The Highland Park Church lost more than a quarter of its membership, which resulted in decreased tithing, budgetary belt-tightening, and downsizing at the ...
Barbara Garland, left, with NC Baptists on Mission Disaster Relief hands out food to other volunteers at Biltmore Church Arden Campus in Arden, N.C. on Monday, September 30, 2024.
Asbury United Methodist Church closed on July 1, 1984. Its congregation merged with Brainerd United Methodist Church and the church property was sold to Highland Park Baptist Church, which renamed the former Asbury Methodist building as the "Asbury Chapel". [2] [4] St. Andrew's closed in 2004. [5]
In 1918 the congregation acquired the land for the present day church at the corner of Highland and Ponce. The building was inaugurated in 1928 and in July 2014 the church celebrated its centennial year in that very building. [3] [4] The Church at Ponce & Highland was known as Druid Hills Baptist Church from its inception until 2015. [5]
At one point in the 1980s, Highland Park Baptist Church boasted 57,000 members, making it one of the largest churches in the United States. [5] Roberson preached his last service as pastor of Highland Park Baptist Church on April 27, 1983, but continued preaching across the nation and publishing many books until his death. [6]
In 1971 the college purchased the old highland Baptist church for $600 and was used to hold the Head Start (program). in November 1972 the Endowment fund was resurrected. Upward Bound set up and office on campus in 1973 until eventually leaving in 1981. During the same period Highland started hosting and administering G.E.D. testing.
Whereas the mission activities were relatively straightforward among the Quechua on the (highland) Altiplano, the real challenge began when the BIM reached out to the naked tribes of the inhospitable lowland Beni region. Here, in 1923, while exploring the area prior to establishing a mission station, BIM-founder Allan narrowly escaped death ...