Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church

About this church

Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church gathers for Sunday worship at 10:45 a.m. at its Fairmount Place church in the Bronx, with the service also carried on Facebook Live and YouTube. The congregation’s homepage additionally places online Bible study on Wednesdays from 6:30 until 8. Its history begins in 1929, when nine baptized believers organized a mission in the home of Mother Florence Felder. Early members sometimes found their rented storefront padlocked when money was short, yet kept finding a way to open for Sunday worship; the church later grew to a reported 1,500 members and endured a fire shortly before moving into another building.

Christian education is central to the congregation’s published ministry structure. Groups support discipleship, the pastoral family, students and job seekers, people facing addiction, and coordination among church auxiliaries. Career help includes résumé preparation, interview coaching, professional dress guidance, and help moving into employment. A food pantry distributes supplemental nutrition to neighbors experiencing homelessness or need. The church also accepts prayer requests and makes Bible-study lessons available by email. Reverend Torrence Robinson’s official biography describes training in engineering and education as well as decades of Baptist leadership. Visitors should ask the church about worship length and music, Communion and baptism, children’s care, building access, parking, and the current Thursday-morning activity, whose label is not clear on the homepage.

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