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Download official Extensions PDFReturn to issue contextHON. CLEO FIELDS
of louisiana
in the house of representatives
Mr. FIELDS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor New Jerusalem Baptist Church, located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Matthew 16:18 says `upon this rock I will build my church, and the very gates of hell shall not prevail against it.' In the June of 1951, Reverend Luke D. Dummons was given a Divine call to build a place of worship. Reverend Dummons was walking in his garden in the cool of the evening when God spoke to him from Heaven and told him to build Him a Church that His people would know the Truth. In September the same year Reverend Dummons stepped out on faith as Abraham did. He took his last $50.00 and placed it on a House for God. On the 3rd Sunday in October 1952, the Church was dedicated to God by the Late Reverend Silas Alpine and the Late Reverend Charley Thomas.
The church was given the name New Jerusalem Baptist Church No. 2 and began with its first two members, Brother Clyde Edwards, Deacon, and Sister Inez Warner, Secretary. Since 1951 the church has grown both spiritually and physically. During the past 70 years, the church has been under the leadership of eleven pastors. Our present pastor is Reverend Robert Mayes.
was formally changed to New Jerusalem Faith Fellowship on September 19, 1990. The church has licensed and ordained seven ministers, two of whom are now pastors. Five Missionaries have also been ordained from the church. New Jerusalem was blessed to have had an anointed Prophetess for 36 years before God called her home to rest. Mother Celane D. Dummons would often give us a Word from the Lord.
undermine it have been unsuccessful. Because New Jerusalem was built on Jesus the Solid Rock, and He said in His Word that even the `gates of hell shall not prevail against His church.' This church believes and teaches the Full Gospel of Christ. New Jerusalem is a church committed to continual prayer and supplication in the Spirit and affirms the power of the sincere and fervent prayers of the righteous. I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing New Jerusalem for its commitment to sharing the word of God.