1887-Present 

Judson Baptist Church

Omaha area  Nebraska  NE

This story should begin in 1887 with the founding of Trinity Baptist Church in Omaha, Nebraska. The congregation met in two locations before merging with the McKinley Park Baptist Church to become Judson Baptist Church in 1967.  These first 80 years were marked by missions and ministry and worship and teaching as is most American Baptist congregations.

In appreciation of its namesake, the new Judson Baptist Church (sometimes called North Judson) began a South Judson Baptist Church in Bellevue, NE. This mission, which was birthed because of the expansion of Offutt Air Base and the Strategic Air Command during the Cold War, grew into its own and became New Life Baptist Church. 

Early in 2001 Judson Baptist Church built a new building in La Vista, another Omaha suburb, and moved into its new location. Soon thereafter, the influx of Kachin refugees from Burma began with a large number coming to the Omaha area where they could get jobs in the meat packing industry. To continue the missions emphasis of Adoniram Judson, the congregation sold their La Vista building to the Kachins in 2022 thus providing a worship center for people from Burma with whom Adoniram Judson had ministered 200 years previously.[1]

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[1] Phone call with Greg Mamula, Executive Minister, American Baptist Churches of Nebraska, June 22, 2023

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