7-01 River Road
  Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
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BROADWAY BAPTIST CHURCH

1868 - Sunday School began as a mission of the F. B. C. of Paterson
1870 - York Avenue Baptist Sunday School
1879 - Fourth Baptist Church founded

 

1891 - New building built - corner of Broadway and East 23rd Street
1915 - Church assumes new name - Broadway Baptist Church
1927 - Church destroyed by fire
1929 - New church built - dedicated

Pastor is Dr. Saunier who retired and later became
Pastor at Van Riper/Ellis in Fair Lawn

1930 - Dr. Ernest A. Elwell became Pastor and remained until his death in 1955. Educational Building added and many young people enter ministry.
1956 - Dr. Omar Barth became Pastor
Mission churches started; mission trips to Central America
1985 - Broadway Baptist Church joins with Van Riper Ellis

 

VAN RIPER ELLIS - MEMORIAL COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH

1870 - Sunday School began in home of Eleanor Van Riper at her farm home on the corner of Morlot Avenue and River Road.
1883 - Chapel built on the corner of Bellair Ave. and River Road.
1919 - Upon the death of Mrs. Van Riper, her daughter, Ida A. Ellis became superintendent of the Sunday School.

1930 - Van Riper Ellis Memorial Church founded

Harry Schoener, Pastor
Addition made to Chapel as it now becomes a church.
Rev. Saunier (from Broadway) is called as Pastor.
1938 - Church calls Richard P. Camp to be Pastor.
A recent graduate of Wheaton College and Princeton Seminary, Pastor Camp remained at Van Riper until his retirement in 1968. (During WW II, Pastor Camp served as a Navy Chaplain and Rev. E. M. Stoffels was Interim).

1953 - Educational Building built
1959 - Corner Stone of present church laid
1985 - Churches unite and become Van Riper Ellis / Broadway Baptist Church
1997 - Dr. Lee A. Morris becomes interim Pastor
1998 - After five months as Interim, congregation calls Dr. Morris by unanimous vote to be Pastor. Church enters T-Net Program for congregational renewal and development as a disciple-making church.
2001 - Korean Ministry begins with Pastor Chung
2007 - Robert Price becomes Pastor

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