'Put God First And Reap The Best in 2012'

(First Things First)

Dear JSBC Family:

As we begin a new year, get your expectations up and continue to believe God for the best year ever! With the emotional and economic challenges that families are going through it is easy to focus on the unknown and become anxious and concerned. As we continue to seek God's divine plan and purpose, I want to encourage you; "the best is still yet to come."

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JOHN STREET BAPTIST CHURCH
1884  - Present

To God be the glory!

In 1884, a few families who migrated from the South and settled in Worcester found the need to come together to share the word of God. They began to hold prayer meetings from house to house. A few of them, in looking for a church home, united with Pleasant Street Baptist Church while about two of them placed their letters with First Baptist Church.

The need to have a stable church home led to the founding of Mt. Olive Baptist Mission in 1885.  On February 1, 1885 a call was issued for the formation of a church by members of the Mission and former members of Pleasant Street and First Baptist Churches. The notice was as follows:

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