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1954-Present Judson Memorial Baptist Church (now Higher Ground Christian Center) Beloit, Wisconsin            WI Judson Memorial Baptist Church started as a man’s dream to form a Sunday School for the children of Burrwood Park. With the cooperation of First Baptist of Beloit, his dream came true and in 1954 the Burwood Park Sunday School was born […]

1953-Present Judson Baptist Church Carson, California           CA This history of Judson Baptist Church in Carson, California, can best be reviewed from their own website. The beginning of Judson Baptist Church in Carson, California, can be traced in the early 1950’s to a small group of citizens who had a desire to establish a ministry that

1952-Present Judson Fellowship, Illinois State University Normal, Illinois    IL The University Baptist Foundation at Illinois State University was organized in 1952 and by the early 1960’s was operating as the Judson Fellowship. This enduring ministry is currently housed in the Campus Religious Center built in 1969 and shared with the Lutheran Student Ministries and the New

1949-Present Camp Judson North Springfield, Pennsylvania       PA Camp Judson is a Christian Camp and Retreat Center located on Lake Erie in North Springfield, Pennsylvania, but it was not always so. Throughout the 1940s Baptist children and youth in northwestern Pennsylvania who wished to have a Christian camping experience would either attend a non-denominational camp like

1948-Present Judson Baptist Church San Bernardino, California      CA From the website of Judson Baptist Church, San Bernardino, California: JUDSON CHURCH EXISTS FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ETHNICITIES IN THE INLAND EMPIRE TO HEAR AND ACCEPT THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, STUDY THE WORD OF GOD, ENGAGE IN AUTHENTIC RELATIONSHIPS, AND SERVE THE HEART OF

1921-Present Judson Training Manuals and Judson Graded Series by Judson Press         King of Prussia, Pennsylvania         PA The Baptist Publication Society (now Judson Press) began in 1824 as an agency to produce Christian literature for the public and has never lost that commitment. In 1920-21, “the publication of a series to be known as Judson

1946-2024   Judson Village Retirement Community Cincinnati, Ohio      OH The building which housed the Judson Village Retirement Community in Cincinnati for over 75 years was originally constructed in 1896 as the home for William S. P. Oskamp and his new bride Adele Werk. They named their new home “Willadel” as a blending of their first names.

1943-1974 SS Adoniram Judson   Philippines/USA The Liberty ship SS Adoniram Judson was built by Permanente Metals Corporation at Richmond, California. The keel was laid on January 13, 1943 and the completed ship was launched February 19, 1943. Delivered on March 3, 1943, the vessel was immediately placed in operation remaining active through 1946 before being placed

1940-2015 R. Judson Carlberg Christian Higher Education      MA/MA The website of Gordon College reports on the life of this significant leader in Christian education in America: R. Judson Carlberg grew up in Fall River, Massachusetts, steeped in his family’s evangelical roots. His father was a pastor, part of a long line of church leaders, and he

1933-Present Adoniram Joseph King Music Educator, SWBTS, Fort Worth, Texas    OK/TX Adoniram Joseph King is one of the few living people thus far discovered who bear the Adoniram appellation today.  Born in 1933 he is the son of a Southern Baptist Director of Missions and graduated from high school in Tonkawa, Oklahoma. His mother was