ORANGE, NJ — The Bethel Baptist Church pastoral installation ceremony for the Rev. Darren Ferguson on Sunday, Oct. 14, was attended by A-list New York clergy members, including the Rev. Calvin O. Butts of Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, N.Y.; the Rev. Daryl G. Bloodsaw of the Baptist Church of Crown Heights, N.Y.; Bishop Roger […]
ORANGE, NJ — When the Rev. Al Sharpton, National Action Network founder and cable TV talk show host, appeared on Friday, Oct. 12, at Bethel Baptist Church in Orange as part of the church’s ongoing 101st anniversary celebration and the Rev. Darren Ferguson’s pastoral installation services, he had some fun with the audience, joking about […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Essex County Freeholder Lebby Jones, founder of the Irvington branch of the National Action Network, and her successor, Irvington NAN branch President and at large Councilwoman October Hudley, said they plan to be at Bethel Baptist Church, 229 Wallace St. in Orange, on Friday, Oct. 12, at 7 p.m., when NAN founder […]
ORANGE, NJ — On Friday, Oct. 12, the Rev. Al Sharpton, National Action Network founder and television talk show host, will preach at Bethel Baptist Church, 229 Wallace St. in Orange, as part of the church’s installation of its new pastor, the Rev. Darren Ferguson. According to Nicole Williams-James, an Orange native and member of […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange incumbent East Ward Councilman and City Council President Kerry Coley was elected to a second term in office on Tuesday, May 8, but he appeared more excited about the Rev. Darren Ferguson becoming the pastor of his church, Bethel Baptist Church on Wallace Street, and for Ferguson’s sermon Sunday, May 27. […]