Weller Street Missionary Baptist Church History
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THE LILY OF THE VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH WAS ORGANIZED AT 121 SOUTH WELLER STREET, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA ON FEBRUARY 12, 1944, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE REVEREND FULLWOOD. THE CHURCH FUNCTIONED FOR ONLY A SHORT TIME. LATER IN THAT SAME YEAR OF 1944, WITH DETERMINATION OF DEACON JAMES WHITE, DEACON HOMER DIXON, DEACON H.L LLOYD, AND THEIR WIVES, SIS. MATTIE WHITE, SIS. MARY DIXON THEY CAME TOGETHER TO TALK WITH THE REVEREND W.L. STEPHENSON ABOUT REORGANIZING THE CHURCH. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THEY DECIDED TO NAME THE CHURCH WELLER STREET BAPTIST CHURCH. AFTER MANY MEETINGS AND MUCH PRAYER AND DISCUSSION, THEY CAME TOGETHER AND REORGANIZED THE WELLER STREET MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF REVEREND W.L. STEPHENSON.
IT WAS ON MAY 13, 1945 WHEN THE GROUP CALLED IN THE UNION BAPTIST CHURCH WITH REVEREND STROFFORD TO FORMELY ORGANIZE THE CHURCH. THE LORD CROWNED THIS EFFORT WITH HIS MANY BLESSINGLYS IN WAYS WE COULD NEVER DESCRIBE IN WORDS ALONE. THE CHURCH GREW IN LEAPS AND BOUNDS THE LORD ADDED TO THE MEMBERSHIP AS HE SAW FIT, UNTIL OUR BUILDING AT 121 WELLER STREET WAS NO LONGER SUITABLE FOR HOUSING OUR CHURCH COMFORTABLY. IT WAS AT THIS TIME WE KNEW WE HAD TO MOVE. SO WE BEGAN LOOKING FOR AND FOUND A BUILDING AT 154 SOUTH GLESS STREET IN LOS ANGELES. THE LORD PROVIDED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE IN THAT BUILDING IN 1948. IT SEEMED THAT THE LORD HAS BLESSED US IN A REAL BIG WAY AND THAT BUILDING BECAME TOO SMALL, FASTER THEN THE LAST ONE. SO ONCE AGAIN WE HAD TO START LOOKING. LATER IN 1949, THE LORD DIRECTED US TO ANOTHER BUILDING, AND WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE IT. ON DECEMBER 20, 1949, WE MOVED TO 129 SOUTH GLESS STREET, OUR PRESENT LOCATION HERE THE LORD BLESSED US AGAIN. ON FEBRUARY 28, 1959, WHEN THE LORD SAW FIT TO CALL REVEREND W.L. STEPHENSON FROM LABOR TO REWARD. AFTER DAYS OF MOURNING HAD ENDED, IT WAS TIME FOR US TO FIND ANOTHER LEADER. IN 1959, WE CALLED REVEREND DOC WEAVER. THE CHURCH WAS AGAIN ON THE ROLL IN A GOOD WAY. IN 1961, WE CALLED THE REVEREND FRANK DAVIS, WHO SERVED UNTIL 1963. THE REVEREND WILLIE LEWIS SERVED FOR A SHORT TIME. REVEREND S.M. MALACHI AGREED TO SERVE AND HE RESIGNED IN 1966 AND IN THE SAME YEAR, WE ELECTED THE REVEREND T.E. BILLS, WHO SERVED FOR FOUR YEARS. IN DECEMBER 1970, WE ELECTED THE REVEREND ELIJAH GRIFFIN AND AFTER NINE YEARS HE RESIGNED IN 1979. IN MARCH OF 1980, REVEREND ARTHUR LEE TARVER WAS INSTALLED AS OUR NEW LEADER HERE AT WELLER STREET. THE FIRST PASTOR TO COME FROM WITHIN OUR MEMBERSHIP. HE SERVED FAITHFULLY FOR 17 YEARS. ON DECEMBER 10, 1997, HE HEARD THE VOICE OF JESUS SAY COME UNTO ME AND REST. ONCE AGAIN, WE WERE IN NEED OF A LEADER. ON AUGUST 16, 1998, REVEREND KENNETH SMITH WAS ELECTED AS OUR NEW LEADER. HIS INSTALLATION WAS ON NOVEMBER 29, 1998. HE SERVED UNTIL THE CALLED HIM HOME ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2001. WE PRAYED AND GOD SENT US ANOTHER LEADER ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2002. REVEREND JAMES L. RAY WAS INSTALLED AS OUR NEW PASTOR. HE HAD BROUGHT THE TEACHING AND PREACHING OF THE WORD WITH HIM TO LEAD US. HE PREACHED HIS LAST SERMON ON OCTOBER 31, 2004. ON DECEMBER 16, 2007, REVEREND HERSHEY JENKINS WAS ELECTED AS OUR INTERIM PASTOR. HE SERVED FOR A SHORT TIME. ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2007, REVEREND CORNELIUS CRANDALL WAS ELECTED AS PULPIT CONDUCTOR AS WE CONTINUED SEEKING A LEADER FOR WELLER STREET. ON NOVEMBER 4, 2007, THE REVEREND KISHEEN WAYNE TULLOSS WAS ELECTED AS OUR NEW LEADER. PASTOR TULLOSS IS ONE OF LOS ANGELES MOST SOUGHT AFTER COMMUNITY LEADERS. GOD SENT HIM TO CONTINUE WITHIN THE LEGACY OF OUR CHURCH. HE WAS INSTALLED AS PASTOR IN MARCH OF 2008. PASTOR TULLOSS HAS BROUGHT A FREASH NEW AND EXCITING VISION TO OUR CHURCH. UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP OUR HAS GROWN TREMENDOUSLY. AT THE AGE OF 30 HE BECAME THE YOUNGEST PASTOR EVER ELECTED TO SERVE OUR CHURCH. GOD WAS EXTABLISHING THE REBIRTH OF OUR CHURCH MINISTRY FOR THE LEGACY TO CONTINUE. PASTOR TULLOSS QUICKLY ADOPTED THE CHURCH MOTTO AS SELECTED WHEN IN SEARCH OF A PASTOR “WE HAVE NOT WALKED THIS WAY BEFORE”. A MOTTO THAT WAS FITTING, BECAUSE WELLER STREET WAS PREPARING FOR A NEW JOURNEY THROUGH OUR NEWLY ELECTED LEADER. IN AUGUST OF 2008 PASTOR TULLOSS REVEALED THE CHURCH VISION TO THE CHURCH. IN THAT SAME MONTH WELLER STREET M.B.C GAVE BIRTH TO TWO SPANISH MINISTRIES. THIS WAS DESIGNED TO BETTER SERVE OUR CHURCH COMMUNITY. TODAY BOTH THESE MINISTRIES HAS GROWN DAILY UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR SPANISH MINISTRY PASTORS MAX RODRIGUIEZ AND CARLOS GARCIA. ALSO OUR WELLER STREET COMMUNITY OUTREACH MINISTRY HAS BEEN FEEDING THE COMMUNITY SINCE JANUARY OF 08. IN MAY OF 2009 THE CHURCH BEGAN OUR NEW RENOVATION PROJECT. THE TOGETHER WE BUILD CAMPAIGN. THIS WAS DESIGNED TO ASSIST IN THE REBUILDING OF OUR 60 YEAR OLD CHURCH BUILDING. THE CHURCH IS LOOKING TOWARDS JESUS WITH EXCITEMENT FOR THE MANY BLESSING THAT IS COMING OUR WAY. THE HISTORICAL WELLER STREET MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IS THE TRULY THE PLACE TO BE! |
Weller Street M.B.C.
129 South Gless Street
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Office 323-261-0949
Fax 323-264-6601
Sunday school - 8:00am
Morning Worship - 9:00am
Spanish Worship Services
Sundays - 11:30am
Saturday nights - 6:30pm
Tuesday night Bible Study /via Telephone
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