Bethel AME Church
Stamford CT
06902-5619
Who we are
Bethel AME Church Vision Statement:
B - Believing Church E - Evangelize our Community T - Teaching Church that Believes in Christian Education H - Helping Those in Need; Giving a Hand Up and Not a Hand Out E - Economic Development and Empowerment L - Loving all people
Bethel AME Church Mission:
It is the mission of Bethel AME Church Stamford to be a worshipping church which seeks to serve God through Loving, Strengthening, and Serving Humanity by proclaiming a liberating gospel. Matthew 25:40
B - Believing Church E - Evangelize our Community T - Teaching Church that Believes in Christian Education H - Helping Those in Need; Giving a Hand Up and Not a Hand Out E - Economic Development and Empowerment L - Loving all people
Bethel AME Church Mission:
It is the mission of Bethel AME Church Stamford to be a worshipping church which seeks to serve God through Loving, Strengthening, and Serving Humanity by proclaiming a liberating gospel. Matthew 25:40
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Leadership
Leader Name:
The Reverend Dr. Robert A. Jackson, Jr.
Leader Position:
Pastor
Phone:
Fax:
203-961-0470
Leader Email:
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Leader Bio:
A biographical sketch of the Reverend Dr. Robert Augustus Jackson, Jr.
The Reverend Dr. Robert Augustus Jackson, Jr. was born in Salem, NJ to Mrs. Charlotte Collins and the late Reverend Dr. Robert A. Jackson, Sr. Reverend Dr. Jackson received his formal education in the Indian River School District and graduated from the Sussex Technical High School, Georgetown, DE. He is married to the former Ms. Moninya Denise Hovington of Rehoboth, DE. They are the proud parents of three sons, Robert Augustus III, Malachi De’Andre, and Ramir Andre Jackson. Reverend Dr. Jackson attended Hagerstown Community College. He is a graduate of Andersonville Bible College where he received a bachelor’s degree in Religious Studies. He also holds a Master of Divinity degree from Payne Theological Seminary. The Reverend Dr. Jackson has also successfully completed one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education from the Dayton VA Medical Center in Dayton, OH. Reverend Dr. Jackson earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from New York Theological Seminary with a focus on Transformational Leadership and Faith Rooted Organizing. His dissertation was entitled “Churches Making a Difference: through Community Involvement.”
On June 13, 2009 at the First District Planning Session under the divine leadership of Bishop Richard F. Norris, Sr. Reverend Dr. Jackson was assigned pastor of the Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in Bridgeton, NJ the oldest black church in Bridgeton. During Reverend Dr. Jackson’s successful administration at Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church in Bridgeton, NJ the membership increased, the church became financially solvent, the renovation of the church’s parsonage was complete, and the ministries flourished. Reverend Dr. Jackson was actively involved throughout the community. He was a member of the Nehemiah Coalition which is an organization that strives to offer alternatives to the thousands of young men and women to help them on the road of education, fellowship, and employment. Reverend Dr. Jackson was also a member of The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP of Greater Vineland) a civil rights organization for ethnic minorities in the United States.
During the First Episcopal District Annual Founder’s Day celebration on February 12, 2011, Bishop Richard F. Norris, Sr. appointed Reverend Dr. Jackson as the pastor of Israel Memorial A.M.E. Church Newark, NJ. Israel Memorial was known for their innovative worship and community engagement. Under the leadership of Reverend Dr. Jackson, Israel Memorial was a worshiping community which served God through loving, strengthening, and serving humanity. While at Israel Memorial the membership increased, the parsonage was renovated, and new ministries were initiated. Israel Memorial was known as “God’s Lighthouse on the Hill”! Reverend Dr. Jackson also served as the President of the Newark District Ministers Fellowship of the A.M.E. church which was comprised of 21 local churches. He was also a lead clergy in representing 32BJ SEIU for increase of minimum wage and benefits for airport workers at the Newark Airport.
Additionally, Reverend Dr. Jackson partnered with the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice to develop strategies and legislation to “Ban the Box” in New Jersey which allowed formerly incarcerated persons to obtain employment. Reverend Dr. Jackson was also selected to participate in the Newark FBI Citizens Academy training. Reverend Dr. Jackson continued to impact the community by serving as a board member to “The New Jersey AIDS Partnership” which is the collaborative effort of private and corporate foundation leaders, public health officials, service providers, and people living with HIV/AIDS and other community leaders who believe that HIV/AIDS is fought most effectively at the community level. While there are many charitable giving foundations and organizations, the New Jersey AIDS Partnership is unique. The Partnership is the only charitable giving fund in New Jersey that is solely committed to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Reverend Dr. Jackson served as the Lifelines to Healing Organizer for Faith in NJ. Faith in New Jersey is an interfaith and multi-racial network of faith-communities working to advance a racial and economic justice agenda in the Garden State. In this capacity Reverend Dr. Jackson organized clergy and congregations to stop neighborhood violence and promotes public policies that will open education and employment opportunities while ending the mass incarceration.
At the First Episcopal District Fall Convocation, November 14, 2015, Bishop Gregory G.M. Ingram transferred Reverend Dr. Jackson to the New England Conference and appointed him to serve as the Pastor of Bethel A.M.E. Church in Stamford, CT. Reverend Dr. Jackson continues to serve God and make a difference in the community. Since arriving at Bethel Church, ministries have been reorganized and special emphasis has been placed on spiritual renewal, outreach initiatives, and financial accountability. He recently led the church in a $225,000 renovation of the sanctuary, new HVAC system, and replaced the entire roof.
Reverend Dr. Jackson currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Board for Project Overcome, Inc, an organization that seeks to eradicate homelessness in Fairfield County. He also is a member of the Interfaith Council of Clergy in Stamford, West Side Coalition, Stamford Leadership Response Coalition, Stamford Juvenile Review Board, and the Re-entry Roundtable Council. Reverend Dr. Jackson serves as the 2020 Census Co-Chair for the Faith-Based Subcommittee in Stamford. Reverend Dr. Jackson works in partnership with several non-profit organizations throughout Fairfield county to improve the lives of residents. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors for his activism and leadership in the communities he has been privileged to serve. He received the 2018 “Outstanding Father Figure Award” and the 2019 “Citizen of the Year Award” from the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Alpha Nu Chapter, Stamford – Norwalk, Connecticut.
Reverend Dr. Jackson strives each day to act upon the words of his favorite scripture, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13
The Reverend Dr. Robert Augustus Jackson, Jr. was born in Salem, NJ to Mrs. Charlotte Collins and the late Reverend Dr. Robert A. Jackson, Sr. Reverend Dr. Jackson received his formal education in the Indian River School District and graduated from the Sussex Technical High School, Georgetown, DE. He is married to the former Ms. Moninya Denise Hovington of Rehoboth, DE. They are the proud parents of three sons, Robert Augustus III, Malachi De’Andre, and Ramir Andre Jackson. Reverend Dr. Jackson attended Hagerstown Community College. He is a graduate of Andersonville Bible College where he received a bachelor’s degree in Religious Studies. He also holds a Master of Divinity degree from Payne Theological Seminary. The Reverend Dr. Jackson has also successfully completed one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education from the Dayton VA Medical Center in Dayton, OH. Reverend Dr. Jackson earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from New York Theological Seminary with a focus on Transformational Leadership and Faith Rooted Organizing. His dissertation was entitled “Churches Making a Difference: through Community Involvement.”
On June 13, 2009 at the First District Planning Session under the divine leadership of Bishop Richard F. Norris, Sr. Reverend Dr. Jackson was assigned pastor of the Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in Bridgeton, NJ the oldest black church in Bridgeton. During Reverend Dr. Jackson’s successful administration at Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church in Bridgeton, NJ the membership increased, the church became financially solvent, the renovation of the church’s parsonage was complete, and the ministries flourished. Reverend Dr. Jackson was actively involved throughout the community. He was a member of the Nehemiah Coalition which is an organization that strives to offer alternatives to the thousands of young men and women to help them on the road of education, fellowship, and employment. Reverend Dr. Jackson was also a member of The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP of Greater Vineland) a civil rights organization for ethnic minorities in the United States.
During the First Episcopal District Annual Founder’s Day celebration on February 12, 2011, Bishop Richard F. Norris, Sr. appointed Reverend Dr. Jackson as the pastor of Israel Memorial A.M.E. Church Newark, NJ. Israel Memorial was known for their innovative worship and community engagement. Under the leadership of Reverend Dr. Jackson, Israel Memorial was a worshiping community which served God through loving, strengthening, and serving humanity. While at Israel Memorial the membership increased, the parsonage was renovated, and new ministries were initiated. Israel Memorial was known as “God’s Lighthouse on the Hill”! Reverend Dr. Jackson also served as the President of the Newark District Ministers Fellowship of the A.M.E. church which was comprised of 21 local churches. He was also a lead clergy in representing 32BJ SEIU for increase of minimum wage and benefits for airport workers at the Newark Airport.
Additionally, Reverend Dr. Jackson partnered with the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice to develop strategies and legislation to “Ban the Box” in New Jersey which allowed formerly incarcerated persons to obtain employment. Reverend Dr. Jackson was also selected to participate in the Newark FBI Citizens Academy training. Reverend Dr. Jackson continued to impact the community by serving as a board member to “The New Jersey AIDS Partnership” which is the collaborative effort of private and corporate foundation leaders, public health officials, service providers, and people living with HIV/AIDS and other community leaders who believe that HIV/AIDS is fought most effectively at the community level. While there are many charitable giving foundations and organizations, the New Jersey AIDS Partnership is unique. The Partnership is the only charitable giving fund in New Jersey that is solely committed to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Reverend Dr. Jackson served as the Lifelines to Healing Organizer for Faith in NJ. Faith in New Jersey is an interfaith and multi-racial network of faith-communities working to advance a racial and economic justice agenda in the Garden State. In this capacity Reverend Dr. Jackson organized clergy and congregations to stop neighborhood violence and promotes public policies that will open education and employment opportunities while ending the mass incarceration.
At the First Episcopal District Fall Convocation, November 14, 2015, Bishop Gregory G.M. Ingram transferred Reverend Dr. Jackson to the New England Conference and appointed him to serve as the Pastor of Bethel A.M.E. Church in Stamford, CT. Reverend Dr. Jackson continues to serve God and make a difference in the community. Since arriving at Bethel Church, ministries have been reorganized and special emphasis has been placed on spiritual renewal, outreach initiatives, and financial accountability. He recently led the church in a $225,000 renovation of the sanctuary, new HVAC system, and replaced the entire roof.
Reverend Dr. Jackson currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Board for Project Overcome, Inc, an organization that seeks to eradicate homelessness in Fairfield County. He also is a member of the Interfaith Council of Clergy in Stamford, West Side Coalition, Stamford Leadership Response Coalition, Stamford Juvenile Review Board, and the Re-entry Roundtable Council. Reverend Dr. Jackson serves as the 2020 Census Co-Chair for the Faith-Based Subcommittee in Stamford. Reverend Dr. Jackson works in partnership with several non-profit organizations throughout Fairfield county to improve the lives of residents. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors for his activism and leadership in the communities he has been privileged to serve. He received the 2018 “Outstanding Father Figure Award” and the 2019 “Citizen of the Year Award” from the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Alpha Nu Chapter, Stamford – Norwalk, Connecticut.
Reverend Dr. Jackson strives each day to act upon the words of his favorite scripture, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13
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Bethel AME Church Service Times
Sunday Worship Opportunities:
Church School ~ 9:00 am
The Worship Experience ~ 10:30 am
Wednesdays
Prayer ~ 6:00 pm
Bible Study ~ 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Thursdays
Bible Study ~ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
The Reverend Dr. Robert A. Jackson, Jr., Pastor
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Church School ~ 9:00 am
The Worship Experience ~ 10:30 am
Wednesdays
Prayer ~ 6:00 pm
Bible Study ~ 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Thursdays
Bible Study ~ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
The Reverend Dr. Robert A. Jackson, Jr., Pastor
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Bethel AME Church History
Bethel A.M.E. Church History
OUR ROOTS, OUR GROWTH, OUR DESTINY
In the year 1895, the first worship services of colored Methodists were held in Stamford with Bro. John Taylor, a local Deacon from Norwalk, CT, serving as spiritual leader. In 1901, the Methodist Conference sent the Rev. A. Lucas to Stamford to take charge of the mission. For a brief time, the little group flourished, but eventually vanished away and the African Americans of this city had no Methodist Church or worship services. In 1904, a committee of three was sent to confer with Rev. C.P. Cole, Pastor of Bethel A.M.E. Church, Greenwich with the purpose of inviting him to organize an African Methodist Episcopal Church in Stamford. Almost immediately, Rev. Cole assembled a small group of interested people and organized them into a congregation which was named “BETHEL” In 1904, Bishop Abraham Grant, Presiding Bishop of the First Episcopal District of the A.M.E. Church, appointed Rev. A.Q. Norton to become the first official Pastor of Bethel A.M.E. Church in Stamford. In 1917, Rev. E.H. Collins led the congregation in the purchase of a small white church located on Richmond Hill Avenue and Mission Street.
Since that time, Bethel A.M.E. Church, Stamford has continued to thrive. The building of our present house of worship was realized under the Pastoral leadership of Dr. F. LeMoyne Whitlock (1964-1972). Some of the Pastors, who also left their legacies here at Bethel Church Stamford; Rev. Elliott J. Mayfield (1972-1981); Rev. Donald C. Luster (1981-1991); Rev. Winton M. Hill (1991-2004); and Rev. Leroy Ladson, Jr. (2004-2015).
Our Bethel family is currently led by the
Reverend Dr. Robert A. Jackson, Jr., & First Lady Moninya D. Jackson (2015-Present).
We look forward to the future under the leadership of the Pastor R.A. Jackson, Jr. with renewed faith and the belief that the “Best Is Yet to Come”! We stand on the Word of God, “The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house”! Below you will find a list of ministries that are offered here at Bethel Church.
“FOR WITH GOD NOTHING SHALL BE IMPOSSIBLE”
Luke 1:37
OUR ROOTS, OUR GROWTH, OUR DESTINY
In the year 1895, the first worship services of colored Methodists were held in Stamford with Bro. John Taylor, a local Deacon from Norwalk, CT, serving as spiritual leader. In 1901, the Methodist Conference sent the Rev. A. Lucas to Stamford to take charge of the mission. For a brief time, the little group flourished, but eventually vanished away and the African Americans of this city had no Methodist Church or worship services. In 1904, a committee of three was sent to confer with Rev. C.P. Cole, Pastor of Bethel A.M.E. Church, Greenwich with the purpose of inviting him to organize an African Methodist Episcopal Church in Stamford. Almost immediately, Rev. Cole assembled a small group of interested people and organized them into a congregation which was named “BETHEL” In 1904, Bishop Abraham Grant, Presiding Bishop of the First Episcopal District of the A.M.E. Church, appointed Rev. A.Q. Norton to become the first official Pastor of Bethel A.M.E. Church in Stamford. In 1917, Rev. E.H. Collins led the congregation in the purchase of a small white church located on Richmond Hill Avenue and Mission Street.
Our Bethel family is currently led by the
Reverend Dr. Robert A. Jackson, Jr., & First Lady Moninya D. Jackson (2015-Present).
We look forward to the future under the leadership of the Pastor R.A. Jackson, Jr. with renewed faith and the belief that the “Best Is Yet to Come”! We stand on the Word of God, “The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house”! Below you will find a list of ministries that are offered here at Bethel Church.
“FOR WITH GOD NOTHING SHALL BE IMPOSSIBLE”
Luke 1:37
"Effective prayer is prayer that attains what it seeks. It is prayer that moves God, effecting it's end."Charles Finney
Bethel AME Church listing was last updated on the 23rd of December, 2019
