Founded: June 24, 1990, Mt Calvary Church Ministries was the first African American Church in the city of Manchester, CT; which was the Mt. Calvary A.M.E. Zion Church. The name was changed later to: The Mt. Calvary Church Ministries and Outreach, Inc. It was the birth of anoutreach ministry that would serve a hurting, lost, and dying world from Connecticut to Africa.
Since 2009, the Mt. Calvary Church Ministries is a covenant partner with Full Gospel Baptist Fellowship International, Bishop Paul S. Morton, Sr, founder; Bishop Joseph W. Walker, III, Presiding Bishop.
The Mt Calvary Church Ministries and Outreach is the founder of several ministries:
The Way Station Outreach; which began operating in 1997. The Way Station - a residential facility that provided a safe environment for individuals who had recently been released from prison and had participated or completed a substance abuse program. The Way Station was designed to bring the life of the client back into full circle, with Christ being the center, and it was also a safe house and a shelter for men, women, and families.
Mt. Calvary Church Ministries - Jehovah Jireh Ministries Int’l South Africa - Journey to Freedom Outreach
Since 2003, Journey to Freedom provided cross cultural enrichment programs, services for men,women, and children, as well as a food and clothing program, a prison outreach, hospital visitation outreach, orphanages support, as well as, a school support outreach.
The vision for the Mt. Calvary Church Ministries and Outreach Church and local community outreach programs continue to expand. It includes a sober house for women, a youth at risk program; Education Plus (Latch Key) program; House of Nuggets (food pantry); a prison ministry for men, women, and youth; as well as a domestic violence program. Several of the above programs are developed; however, they are not in operation and are futuristic.
The Mt. Calvary Church Ministries and Outreach Church services offered to the community at large, as well as to surrounding communities:
Worship Service, Bible Study, Prayer (War Room) Children’s Ministry, Prison Ministry, Spiritual Counseling, Bread Ministry, Facebook and U-Tube Live Stream Services, Word Bible teaching, Daily Prayers, encouragement, Praise and Worship, and Witnessing for Christ posts,The Church where everybody is somebody! Only a stranger once! Jesus Saves! He is Lord!