Pleasant Street Baptist Church in Worcester, MA
A faithful church, founded in 1841, serving a diverse downtown.
A City in the Heart of Massachusetts
Worchester is the second largest city in MA by population and it's downtown has seen many changes since the 19th century when this church was founded. The downtown area is now home to many immigrants including from Africa and Latin America including many Dominicans and Puerto Ricans.
Worcester, MA is home to about 215,000 people
There are around 50,000 Spanish speakers living in Worcester.
NEU’s Church Planting Process
Explore
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NEU begins a church plant by identifying a location. This involves many conversations with local pastors, ministry leaders, civic leaders and looking at data.
Prepare
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The preparation phase begins when a church planter has joined our staff, begins raising support, and starts his church planting residency with NEU and a partner church.
Plant
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The planting phase is marked by bringing a group of believers to a point of covenanting together as a church. This may involve months of teaching on the nature of a church, church membership, baptism, communion and church discipline.
Sustain
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This final phase begins when a church covenants together and it has no end. NEU Church Planting works to sustain the church and its leadership through fundraising, care, and recruiting.
The Story So Far
Individuals, churches, and organizations are key to sustaining church plants. These organizations have partnered with NEU to help with this church plant.
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Our Church Planting Team
Jhorman Rivera met Jonathan Lugo at the Church Planting Weekender in Washington, DC. We later met with Jhorman, learned about his planting work in Worcester, MA, and heard about his heart for training other laborers for church planting in New England. Jhorman and his wife, Diana, come from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where they were married and graduated from seminary. Jhorman has planted and pastored in the Dominican Republic and in the US.
He is currently revitalizing the English-speaking congregation of Pleasant St. Baptist Church, establishing a Spanish-speaking congregation there as well, and also helping to plant a Spanish-speaking church in East Boston. We are thankful for the experience and vision Jhorman brings to the NEU family.
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Our Current Needs
Jhorman and his family have been in Worcester for two years now working to revitalize the Pleasant Street Baptist Church. They need your financial support and prayer as well as people who will come and ministry with them in Worcester to both their English and Spanish church members. We ask you to prayfully consider how you can become gospel partners with Jhorman and NEU in Worcester, MA.
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