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The
New Calvary Baptist Church was founded in November 1921 by Pastor
James Johnson along with Deacons David Morton, Parker Jones,
Robert Dean, Harry
Walker and other members all totaling about 60 persons. The church
started in a store front on Belmont Avenue in the Silver Lake
section of Belleville, New Jersey. Afterwards the church moved to Glenfield School
on Maple Avenue in Montclair, New Jersey before finally moving to 72 Maple Avenue, Montclair, New Jersey.
History
of Pastors:
1921
1924
Rev. James Johnson
1924
1932
Rev. E. E. Elliott
1932
1935
Rev. Dandrige L. Flounoy
1937
1937
Rev. Pratt
1937
1941
Rev. Earl Paul Jones
1943
1970
Rev. Dandrige L. Flounoy
1970
1982
Rev. Shellie Sampson, Jr.
January
- May 1984 Rev Luke Davis
1984
1988
Rev. George Fair
1989
present Prophet Clenard H. Childress, Jr.
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