Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church
"Remaining Steadfast In Turbulent Times" I Corinthians 15:58
 

Pastor Dennis G. Dunn
1994 to present

On March 2, 1959, Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church was organized at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Napoleon where several worship services were subsequently held. Approximately 35 people attended the first meeting.  Two of the founders, Mother Ruby Hooker and Deacon Robert Shields are still active in the church today. The first pastor of Fellowship was Rev. V.J. Lawhorn and under his leadership, land was purchased at the corner of Edith Blvd. and Miles Road SE in Albuquerque, NM.

In, 1965, the State of New Mexico bought part of the proposed church site property to widen Miles Road and changed the name of the street to Gibson Blvd.  With the funds from this transaction, the balance on the remaining parcel of land was paid in full.

Between 1969 and 1976, the remaining parcel of land on Edith Blvd, was sold because the land was too small to erect a church building.  Two lots on Miles Road SE were purchased.  The FIRST church was built at 2418 Miles Road SE.  Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church along with a group of other churches constructed an apartment complex named the Cox Estates.
 

Between 1976 and 1979, the church's mortgage was paid off, the Cox Estates was sold, and Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church received a part of the proceeds.  During the period of 1979 and 1986, a prison ministry was initiated in Los Lunas and Santa Fe Prisons.  A church van was purchased for the expanding ministry in and around the Fellowship neighborhood.
 

Between 1988 and 1992, property at 1601-1607 Broadway SE was purchased where church members prepared and served meals to the homeless for several months.  Later a church parsonage was purchased.  The church on Miles Road was sold and the church at 515 Ash Street was purchased.
 

On May 15, 1994, Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church named Pastor Dennis G. Dunn as the tenth pastor since March 1959.  A new church motto was launched, "Church Without Walls Going In A New Direction."  Within a very short time, Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church began to experience phenomenal growth under Pastor Dunn’s' leadership.  Assuming his new leadership with just over one hundred members on the roll, the church has grown to over nine hundred members in just over eight years.  Fellowship recently has been named as the largest African American Church in New Mexico.  The church has launched over eighteen ministries that teach and instruct spiritual bodybuilding for growth.  Some of the new ministries include the Young Adults (18-40), Men and Women's Ministries, New Members Orientation Program, Marriage Ministry, Children's Church; Teen Ministry; Faith Ministry; and "The Kerygma" (the church's newsletter).  The property on Broadway was sold at a profit and the Allie Shaw Module was added for additional classroom space.  Additionally, many improvements were made to the Ash Street property.
 

Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church now celebrates one of God's many blessings upon us, as we exodus 515 Ash, we shall remember the past.  As we enter into 8550 Saul Bell sanctuary, we shall embrace the present.  We come together to anticipate our future.  As the membership continues to grow spiritually, both in personal relationships with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and in Christian relationship with one another, we shall marvel at what God is doing in our lives and our ministry.
 

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