Box 7016 Grand Rapids, MI 49510 For Committee use only: Date Application Received Date ReviewedcompleteIncompleteP age 6 of 6. Even more, the church possesses the vision requisite for the transformation and re-unification of our communities.” Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church Attn: Pastoral Search Committee P.O. Reverend Childs states, “I believe that the church possesses the power necessary to stabilize the downward spiral of hopelessness and despair that is prevalent in many communities. Pilgrim Rest has also established a 501.c.3 community development corporation named, Nehemiah, Inc., that is rebuilding the walls of our community one brick at a time through a Summer Learning Camp, Prison Aftercare Ministry for men, Business Incubator, and Housing. Most notable are their Mission Trips to Uganda, East Africa Mission Trips to the Mississippi Delta The Resting Place (Opening the church to provide food and overnight shelter for the homeless from December through March) The Harrington House (Transitional housing for young women and children), Emergency Housing for persons in transition and adoption of an elementary school.
Reverend Childs is honored that Pilgrim Rest has embraced the mandate to take ministry beyond the walls of the church building. We can also be Reached by Phone at (616) 241-3315. He has also facilitated a number of workshops and conferences. Prayer - Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church Contact Us Please Use the Following Form to Send us a Message. Reverend Childs has taught in the Wisconsin General Baptist State Congress of Christian Education, The National Baptist Congress of Christian Education, the Sunday School Publishing Board Conference, the Milwaukee Theological Institute and was a Guest Lecturer in the Marquette University Department of Theology. Reverend Childs is active in the church and community through his teaching and preaching ministry. The Brotherhood Ministry is comprised of all men of Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church and no application is required. Reverend Childs received the Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee in Elementary Education, the Master of Divinity Degree and the Doctor of Ministry from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. Before entering the ministry, he was an Elementary School Teacher in the Milwaukee Public School System. In these positions, Reverend Childs endeavored to serve the church and community through pastoral care, church ministry development, outreach ministry and community development. Prior to serving at Pilgrim Rest, he served as the Pastor of the Victory Church, and the Director of Ministries, a full-time pastoral staff position, at the Tabernacle Community Baptist Church. is the Pastor of the Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It held this is a property dispute, not a theological one, and it’s exactly the sort of argument courts are supposed to resolve.The Reverend Martin Childs, Jr. So, the losing side is challenging the appeals court ruling. Please Like and hit the subscribe button. We we welcome you to our YouTube broadcast page. The pastor’s supporters won on that point in the Kent County Circuit Court, but lost in the Michigan Court of Appeals. Welcome to Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church Grand Rapids Michigan. The supporters argued courts had no place meddling in the church’s business. The faction that wanted to fire the pastor went to court. The argument got so fierce that eventually there were two competing boards of directors that both claimed control over the church and its assets. The case dates back to 2011, when members of the Pilgrim’s Rest Baptist Church in Grand Rapids were divided as to whether keep or fire their pastor, who had embezzled money from the congregation. The court agreed Thursday to decide whether it will take the case or allow a lower court decision to stand.
The Michigan Supreme Court will decide whether courts may step into resolve a dispute between dueling factions of a Baptist congregation without violating the separation of church and state.
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