About US

On the first Sunday in November of 1981, the first Community Fellow ship service commence with 25 members in attendence. It was in this tiny building on 209 Bogle Street where six men from the Dalton community who had a desire to form a fellowship where all people would feel welcome and free to worship and experience the love of Jesus. The church was formed as and continues to function as an interdenominational church with emphasis on Christian doctrines of belief in one God, salvation through Jesus Christ, and the Bible’s authority. Rev. T.C. Simpson was the first pastor of the fellowship which he for led five years.

In May of 1986, Pastor Stephen Thomas was selected to pastor the fellowship, but by the early 1990s the church had outgrown the Bogle Street space. In 1991, the fellowship had a new facility constructed and moved into its new Frederick Street facility. Pastor Thomas was ordained as a Bishop on May 28,1995. Under the leadership of Bishop Thomas, the fellowship grew quickly and exponentially. The Lord impressed upon Bishop Thomas to not only minister salvation, but deliverance, healing, prophecy, prosperity, and hope to the oppressed teaching people to walk in the newness of Jesus Christ. In 2005, an additional construction project was completed at the church to include the addition of the Simpson Center—which housed administrative offices, the Russell Conference Room, the Garden Preschool, Bethlehem House of Bread food pantry, and The Garment of Praise Clothing Ministry. Bishop Thomas and his wife, Lady Dana, pastored the church until his death on February 3, 2023.