History

On April 8, 1973, Fellowship’s newly erected church building that had cost Fellowship $500,000 was opened. The steel frame of this building had stood bare for seven years because construction was [...]

Reverend Evans, along with the Fellowship Choir, made their first LP recording. Reverend Evans ordained Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr. as an associate minister of Fellowship. Reverend Jackson has [...]

November 15, 1959, the new site for Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church at 45th Place and Princeton Avenue that consisted of an old church building, a parsonage, a community house and a large [...]

After several location changes, on June 6, 1954, Fellowship got a new church home at 4621 S. State Street. It was an old garage building with a leaky roof, no restrooms, or heat. The building was [...]

While a student at the Chicago Baptist Institute, Reverend Evans met a God-fearing woman in the person of Consuella York. After graduation, Reverend York joined Fellowship. Reverend Evans [...]

September 10, 1950, Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church (on February 14, 1952, the church name was changed to Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church) was born inside of Winfred Harris Funeral [...]