SPRINGFIELD
MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

1880 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10035

REV. K. BOLDEN, SR., INTERIM PASTOR

SPRINGFIELDNATION75@GMAIL.COM

SPRINGFIELD MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

No matter what you’ve been through or where you come from, you are welcome here.

Join us for a Sunday worship experience and see why God’s family is as unique as you are. Rather than being a place where people are met with shame, guilt, and condemnation, New Springfield focuses on what it is to be a family that extends His grace, mercy, and forgiveness to everyone.

No matter what you’ve been through or what questions you might have, we want you to be a part of the family.

OUR

MISSION

to exalt God through loving worship.

to edify Christians through Biblical teaching.

to evangelize non-Christians through faithful witness.

to exhibit Godliness through a positive presence in our love

community.

TRUSTING, PRESSING, PRAISING IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD!

2019 SCRIPTURAL FOCUS

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

PHILIPPIANS 3:13 & 14

OUR

VISION

is to see people saved, healed, set free, discipled, equipped & empowered to SERVE

FORMER REVEREND P. ARDIA MORRIS, D.MIN

SENIOR PASTOR

Reverend P. Ardia Morris currently serves as the fifth & first woman Senior Pastor of The New Springfield Missionary Baptist Church of Harlem. She was ordained to the Gospel Ministry in December of 1989, Dr. Morris participates in numerous projects that minister to persons spiritually, mentally and physically such as BRIDGING ACCESS TO CARE (formerly Brooklyn AIDS Task Force) as a member of the Board while serving the NBLCA Community Project and various committees. Dr. Morris has formerly served ministries such as the HU AIDS Ministry, a Pastoral Counselor and Client Advocate, the Harlem Hospital Health & Wellness Project as an “End of Life Companion”. She has also served as a Pastoral Counselor to the Riker’s Island Rose M. Singer Mother/Infant Program. Dr. Morris has partnered with Harlem United on numerous occasions to effect dignified services for members who had transitioned without family and/or finances. Dr. Morris continues to believe that this scourge can be destroyed in our lifetime!

She has received her undergraduate degree from Nyack College, Master of Divinity Degree from the Theological School-Drew University and Doctorate in Ministry from NY Theological Seminary with a concentration in Faith Based Organizing/Leadership & Justice. She is also a graduate of the American Academy/McAllister’s School of Mortuary Science. Reverend Morris received her certification as a Bereavement Facilitator from the American Academy of Bereavement/Carondelet Health Care. She also serves in the National Mentoring Program and continuing her commitment to New York Theological Seminary, Dr. Morris is mentoring both a M. Div. & D. Min. candidates.

Dr. Morris, a Licensed Funeral Director, is the Executive Director/Manager of the Patricia A. Morris Funeral Chapels LLC (formerly the Florence E. Browne Funeral Home) located in the Harlem Community. Dr. Morris continues to conduct bereavement/grief workshops for community groups and churches. She formerly served as a Chaplain to the NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Dr. Morris is the Chair & Executive Director of the Survivors Fountain of Hope Wellness Initiative Inc. (SFOH), a 501(c)3 outreach ministry formed in the early 2000, to respond to the rapidly deteriorating quality of health so prevalent in the African American Community. The SFOH Wellness Initiative is a resource for HIV/AIDS, Hep C & STD testing. The Initiative is also concerned with the LGBT & Transgender community in creating safe space for conversation and information necessary to enhance the quality of life for those communities. Dr. Morris was recently honored by the NYC Council for her Community Activism and commitment to the fight against HIV/AIDS. She formerly served as the Co-Chair of the NYC Affiliate of the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS.

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