On August 15, 1982, Rev. Oscar B. Howard, Jr., being led by the Holy Spirit, organized Freedom Home Baptist Church in the home of Sister Mildred Medearis, with 35 members. In December 1982, we purchased a piece of property on Pecan Springs Road. God opened doors for us and we started holding services at the Springdale Gardens Day Care Center and then later at the Alpha Seventh Day Adventist Church. God made provisions for us to purchase property at 1144 ¾ Gunter Street, from the late Mr. J.D. Culp. God was blessing continuously. Our membership grew and the word of God was being taught, preached, and shared throughout the community. Auxiliaries were formed and the Freedom Home Baptist Church family was busy for the Lord. Blessings from God continued to come our way and we were able to purchase even more property as well as a house at 1146 Gunter Street, which was later named The O. B. Howard, Sr. Activity Center. Later, we purchased property and two houses on Oak Springs Blvd. In early 2003 with a zeal for a new building and the need for the same, we were driven to organize a committee for the planning of the work. Our new worship facility took considerably longer to get into than anticipated. Work began in November of 2003. The slab was poured on December 24, 2003 and framing began January 2004. By the end of April 2004, the building was almost finished. There were a number of problems accompanying this phase of the building construction. Much of the work was done very poorly and there was still much work that had not been completed. The plumber, electrician, and construction coordinator walked out on us, each having done less than professional work. There were a number of areas where we were in noncompliance with city codes and regulations, but we were able to get those issues worked out by the grace of God. Thanks be to God our church body remained patient and prayerful. We continued to worship in our first unit with hopes of being able to enter our new edifice in April 2006; two years after those who were supposed to have provided us a turnkey job abandoned us. On Good Friday, April 14, 2006 we received the “go ahead” to enter and have our first service on Easter Sunday. On Sunday, May 7, 2006, we used our baptistery the first time with Najhada Howard being the first person baptized in our new edifice. Source: http://freedomhomebc.org/?page_id=538

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