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Native Son Plants Church In Kanawha City
Click here to visit the FBC website.
Freedom Baptist Church is a new church start in the Kanawha
City area of Charleston, WV. God has given Jimmy Morton a
passion for the people of Kanawha City to establish His
church in the area.
As he surveyed community needs, people said they needed
activities for youth and children, after-school programs and
ministries for the elderly. Within a five mile radius there
are over 51,000 people. According to the “2000 Religious
Congregations and Membership Survey”, over 65% or 33,150
people are unchurched. Freedom Baptist Church is the first
Southern Baptist Church in the area.
Partners Needed!!
Church Planter Urgent Prayer Request:
Freedom Baptist Church is a new church start in the Kanawha
City area of Charleston, WV. God has given Rev. Jimmy and
his wife Jennifer Morton (Rev. James Lee Morton, Jr. & Mrs.
Jennifer Dawn Morton) a passion for the people of the
Kanawha City area of Charleston, WV to establish His church
in the region.
Most people may think that Jimmy and Jennifer were
discouraged because they started with no land and no
building. On the contrary, Jimmy was excited. Jimmy Morton
was quoted as saying, “I cannot wait to see what God has
planned for Freedom Baptist Church. When you step out in
faith there are always some uncertainties. However, when I
have uncertainties, I focus on Jesus Christ to help me. I
trust God to provide for me.”
Jimmy Morton returned to West Virginia with his wife,
Jennifer Morton, and daughter, Anna Grace Morton. Jimmy came
back in June (2005) to West Virginia after being gone for 14
years. Jimmy Morton was noted saying, “I feel at home.”
Jimmy and Jennifer Morton love the people of West Virginia
and the mountains. God has given them a burden to come back
and plant a Southern Baptist Church. Jimmy and Jennifer feel
there is a great need to serve the people of West Virginia.
God has given them a passion for a Kanawha City area church.
Jimmy Morton grew up in Charleston, WV and graduated from
Charleston High School in 1985. Jimmy earned a Bachelor of
Arts Degree in Religious Studies from Gardner-Webb
University, as well as a Master of Divinity Degree with
Biblical Languages from Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary. Jimmy is currently pursuing his Doctor of Ministry
Degree at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Please, pray that God will place it on the heart of churches
or individuals to provide support for the Kanawha City area
of Charleston, WV church plant.
Thank you for your interest in Freedom Baptist Church.
Please, call me, Pastor Jimmy Morton at (304) 590-0222 or
write me at P.O. Box 4573, Charleston, WV 25364.
Or you can email me at
jmortonjr@msn.com.
Thank you for time and prayerful consideration on this
matter.
Volunteer Opportunities for 2009 include:
Community Survey
Prayer Walking
Back Yard Bible Clubs
Sports Camps
Block Party (Family Carnivals)
Partnership Churches—pray for partnership churches to join
with Freedom in this new church start.
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Pastor Jimmy Morton
Within a five mile radius there are
over 51,000 people … over 33,150 are unchurched. We will be the
first Southern Baptist church in the area.
New Building (Formerly the home of Mt. Olivet
Baptist Church)
Inside Freedom Baptist Church
Click on the map for a view of Kanawha
City - bordered by the Kanawha River and the Railroad.
Click here to see the old Train Station
Click here to view the skyline of
Charleston.
Kanawha City, the home of the original
Shoney’s, the world’s first floating plate glass factory (Libby
Owens Ford), and over 33,150 unchurched people.
Apartments in Kanawha City
Residential Street in Kanawha City
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