How it all started...
- 1890 – November, Five Swedish Immigrants Started The Swedish Baptist Church. They Met In A Home In The Brier Hill District Of Youngstown.
- 1900 – Membership 38, Meetings Were Held In Halls On East And West Federal Street.
- 1901 – Lots Were Purchased On Woodland Avenue Near Market Street.
- 1904 – Church Was Built And Dedicated In February On The Woodland Avenue Site.
- 1927 – Four Lots Purchased At The Corner Of Vermont Avenue And Howard Street. The Name Of The Church Was Changed From The Swedish Baptist Church To Vermont Avenue Baptist Church.
- 1933 – Voted To Change The Name Of The Church To Evangel Baptist. There Were Two Morning Services: One In English And One In Swedish. Then, It Was Changed To One Service, But To Alternate Languages Every Other Sunday.
- 1938 – The Church Was Incorporated Under The Name Of The Evangel Baptist Church.
- 1947 – Lots Purchased At The Corner Of Southern Boulevard And Stanton Avenue.
- 1949 – Groundbreaking For Our Present Church.
- 1950 – Moved From Woodland Avenue Location To Basement Unit Of Our Present Church Building.
- 1952 – Occupied Upstairs Sanctuary.
- 1954 – Built The North Addition – The Youth Wing.
- 1959 – Purchased Three Lots South Of The Church On Southern Boulevard.
- 1960 – Built The South Addition – The Children’s Wing
- 1975 – Groundbreaking For Church Expansion For Current Lobby.
- 2001 – Randy Brunko Appointed Senior Pastor.
Camp Burton....
Camp Burton Is Our Church District’s Camp. Located In Burton, Ohio, It Is A Great Place For Your Kids To Spend Time At During The Summer.
Converge MidAtlantic...
As our Statement of Faith explains, we are an independent church. In other words, there is no governing body outside of our local church that can make decisions about how we serve, who we hire, what we believe, etc. However, we recognize the importance of identifying with other churches and working on a larger scale towards showing the world who Jesus Christ is and the wonderful plan he has in mind for the salvation of the world. Converge MidAtlantic, a part of Converge Worldwide, is a group of churches that share a statement of faith and that work together to do even greater things than we could do on our own. It isn’t so much a denomination as an association that emphasizes world missions and church planting, among other things
