On October 7, 1989 at First Baptist Church of College Park presided by Bishop C.L. Carter, our church was organized. The body agreed on the name, “New Calvary Missionary Baptist Church”. The first service was held at the Alfonso Dawson Mortuary Chapel. Sunday School Began at 10:00 am, and Morning Worship service at 11:00 am. Pastor P.L. Redmond Jr. was called as pastor, and challenged the 24 members present to give of themselves.

In February of 1990, Pastor Redmond organized a search committee to find a building or property available for purchase. On February 18th, Rev. Arthur T. Bussy brought exciting news: or church home has been found! On March 4, 1990, the 63-chartered members of New Calvary Missionary Baptist Church proudly marched into our new home of worship at 823 Dill Avenue.

Over the next five years, New Calvary took root in the community. To address the many problems in the neighborhood, the church organized the New Calvary Commission for Community Improvement through programs that include Adult Literacy Action, Senior Citizens Program, Job Network Ministry, and Youth Enrichment.

The following ministries were organized during this period: Rising Stars; the P.L. Redmond Youth & Sanctuary Choirs; the Evelyn Redmond & Laura Martin Usher Ministries and the Adult Education Literacy Program. The men of New Calvary established the Male Ensemble. The membership grew to over 200.

By 1996, New Calvary had purchased two homes in the community for families in crisis. Assisted and witnessed to the neighbors in the Perkerson and Capital View communities. Membership grew to over 700.

 

 In 1998, New Calvary was the first church that the Atlanta City Council members visited.The New Calvary congregation grew rapidly.To accomodate this growth,a second worship service was added at 7:45 AM on Sundays.To provide another avenue of ministry for church outreach,Pastor Redmond and the New Calvary Missionary Baptist Church Sanctuary Choir recorded live music in July 2000. The New Calvary DVD/VCD  'Jesus is Coming Back', was released to radio stations in the Atlanta area in December.

 

 Again, the need for more space had become crucial in April 2002. After twelve years at 823 Dill Avenue, Pastor Redmond found himself organizing a committee to search for a new church home. This time Pastor Redmond had one important criteria for the committee and it was to stay in the Perkerson-Capital View community. By now the membership was over 1,600.

Because God never fails, we received the call in September 2002. The Sylvan Hills Baptist Church at 1690 Melrose Drive was ready to sell their facility. "Our Long Awaited Vision" was realized. We entered our second home on Mother’s Day, May 11, 2003

The four building purchase includes a 1200 seat sanctuary; an education building with a 200+ capacity fellowship hall; aver 90 classroom; and adequate administration building and a separate residential facility that will be converted into a youth center.

We held Open House on our 14th anniversary, October 26th, 2003. Since relocating, over 100 souls have been saved; over 40 new converts have been baptized. We continue to serve our surrounding community. We evangelize in the neighborhood. We support our schools with outreach programs.

We are committed to Victory! In 2004, we are truly "growing in victory". We implemented new names for our worship services: Sunday School-"Living in Victory"; Bible Study-"Growing in Victory"; Worship Service-" Standing in Victory". The New Calvary "victory School" is scheduled to open in the fall of 2005.