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God has blessed us on
the Little Neck Peninsula
Here are a few significant dates for King's Grant.
August 4, 1965 - The first planning meeting held by deacons of Thalia Lynn Baptist Church to organize a
church in the King's Grant Area. The group met in the King's Grant School.
October 3, 1965 - The first Sunday service in Kingston Elementary School. The Rev. Bob Wallace, pastor of
Thalia Lynn Baptist Church, brought the message. A call was extended to Rev. W. Glen
Tallant, the first pastor of KGBC.
February 29, 1968 - A call was extended to Rev. W. Jerry
Holcomb, who remained our pastor for 39 years, retiring in
June 2007.
October 5, 1969 - King's Grant Baptist Church was constituted into a local autonomous Baptist Church.
August 1986 - Daniel Cooper was hired as Associate Pastor, Minister of
Music; Dan is still with us as Pastor of Worship.
June 18, 2007 - Skip Wallace assumes the Pastor position at
KGBC, having faithfully served as our Minister of Education
since 2003.
September 4, 2007 - Scott Chafee joins the staff as Pastor of Discipleship.
October 1, 2007 - Beth Stollings Anderson joins the staff as Director of Youth Ministries.
October 4, 2009 - King's Grant Baptist Church celebrated
40 years as a church, with a special Sunday of activities.
June 21, 2010 - Katie Goodmurphy joins the staff as part
time Director of Children's Ministries.
March 2011 - Rick Heil joins our staff as leader for the
praise team for the new contemporary service.
April 24, 2011 - the church launches The Well, our new
contemporary service held back in Harvest Hall.
Here's an old photo from
before the 2002 renovation
(Click the thumbnail to see the larger
photo)
Forty years of Baptist
witness on the Little Neck Peninsula
King's Grant Baptist Church is Living
the Legacy... honoring our past and looking toward the
future. Over 400 people joined in to celebrate... [ October
4, 2009 ]
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