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1955-Present Judson Memorial Baptist Church Joliet, Illinois         IL Let’s let the published history of Judson Memorial Baptist Church in Joliet, Illinois, and a previous long-time pastor speak for the congregation. Following a survey and careful study, the American Baptist Convention purchased two acres on Midland Avenue in Joliet for a new church. Seven interested families

1955-Present Judson Window First Baptist Church, Washington DC In 1955 the First Baptist Church of Washington, DC, opened a new building under the leadership of Dr. Edward Pruden who served as pastor 1936 to1969. The stained-glass windows in the new structure were by Henry Lee Willet of the Willet-Hauser Architectural Glass Company of Philadelphia.  Pruden

1955-Present Judson Fellowship, Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Illinois IL The Baptist Campus Ministry at Northern Illinois University is known to the university by its organizational name, Judson Fellowship. It was begun in the mid-fifties as a Sunday School class and supper club at First Baptist Church in DeKalb but in 1962 John and Ruth Peterson

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.