The New Faith Baptist Church held its first service with 67 people at the Blackhawk Elementary School in Park Forest on January 4, 1976. New Faith began as a result [...]
The church had grown to over 100 members when Rev. Donald Johnson became the second pastor on June 3, 1979. Under his leadership, the church had a split in membership.
December 1980, Rev. Johnson moved New Faith to temporary facilities at Emmanuel Seventh Day Adventist Church in Chicago Heights. The group that remained at the school constituted as a church [...]
On January 10, 1982, Rev. Frank Thomas was called as the third pastor of New Faith. The membership, which had fallen to 30 active members, began to grow again, and [...]
On February 22, 1987, New Faith moved to its first home at 25 S. Central, Matteson with 287 members. After moving, New Faith had phenomenal growth. New Faith’s staff positions [...]
In 1990, New Faith was blessed with the addition of the staff positions of Director of Administration (formerly Director of Operations) and Youth Director. Barnabas, an all-male ensemble, made its [...]
In March 1992, a third service began on Saturday evenings and October 1992 the Children’s Church and Sunday school were moved to Woodgate School. With the addition of these ministries, [...]
To date New Faith had completed the renovation of its present facility, increasing its size to seat 960. In addition to renovating the other areas, a new Activity Center was [...]
