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Church Church History

On May 27, 2007, Rev. Quentin La Mar Respress called an impromptu meeting of volunteers. By word of mouth, this meeting was held at 3:00pm at the Galilee Missionary Baptist Church. We who were present (40+) chose to follow our leader. Pastor Marcus Martin and Pastor Donald J. Washington were present. We needed a place to worship quickly. The first place chosen was the Marcus Theater in Pickerington, Ohio. The available time to worship was 7:30-11:30 A.M.

Our first meeting was June 3, 2007 (Sunday). We had no pulpit, no piano, no song books or Bibles save our own, or a bank to deposit our offerings.

Sis. Yvonne Smith brought in her piano keyboard and she became our first pianist. When offering was taken, we had nowhere to make checks payable to. A member volunteered to allow this to be done through them.

Order of service was as follows: Sunday School 8:15-9:10 AM, Breakfast 9:10-9:30 AM, Morning Worship 9:30-11:30 AM. Choir rehearsal, Bible study and prayer meetings were held at Galilee Missionary Baptist Church on Tuesday nights at 6:00.

On our 2nd meeting at the theater (Sunday, June 10, 2007), Pastor Respress hewed out an old rugged cross and draped it with royal purple. Sis. Beulah Granger placed flowers at the foot of the cross. We now had a cross but no crown. Pastor Respress then greeted us with a new name he said that the Lord had given him for our church: Kingdom Power Baptist Church! We now had our first pulpit and our new church. God our King with all power.

Our first church business meeting was June 26, 2007 outside at Shepherd Library Park at 6:00 PM. During this time, Pastor Respress’ wife, Sis. India Respress who is the choir director, wrote and introduced a welcome song – “We want to welcome you to the Kingdom Power Baptist Church”.

Vacation Bible School was taught August 7, 8, & 9, 2007 from 6-8 PM in Blacklick Woods State Park in Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
Kingdom Power and Pastor Respress continued to pray and search for a better service center. After looking at several locations, Sis. Virginia Hike spotted a small church building at 196 South Highland Avenue that was empty. Pastor and a committee viewed it and immediately we went into prayer and fasting. Later on we were able to receive what God had placed in our pathway, thus ending our tenure at the Marcus Theater August 26, 2007. We were there three months.
On the first Sunday in September (Sept. 2), Kingdom Power fellowshipped with the Inspirational Baptist Church in Cincinnati, Ohio in the morning. When we returned to Columbus, we had our first Communion service at 5:00 PM in our new home. Twenty-five saints were present, and four were baptized.
On September 9, 2007, Pastor Respress preached his first sermon in our new home titled “Rebuilding the Wall”.
Through God’s grace and mighty power, we the members of the Kingdom Power Baptist Church under the leadership of Rev. Quentin La Mar Respress celebrate its birth of three years on June 1, 2010….

Our Core Values

The Kingdom Power Baptist Church is a Bible believing, Bible teaching and preaching, Christ-centered ministry. We seek to draw humanity to a closer knowledge of Jesus Christ! To that end, here are the four Core Values of our Church.

Evangelism (Power of 1)- We believe according to the Word of God, we must tell it. Until somebody hears it. That which we seek to share is Christ born of a virgin, died on a cross at Calvary, raised the third day morning, and ascended back to glory. Now seated at the right hand of the throne of God. We base our practice of evangelism from the model found in Acts 1.

Judea
Jerusalem
Samaria
Uttermost Part of the earth

Education-This Core Value will teach our members spiritual truths that can be applied for a deeper walk with the Lord Jesus. This is achieved through Church School, Tuesday Night Teaching, Children’s Bible Stories, Quarterly Seminars, and Vacation Bible School.

a. Easter Union Missionary Baptist Association
b. Ohio Baptist General Convention
c. Inter-domination Church Ushers Association
d. National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.
e. Metro Columbus Baptist Association
f. Southern Baptist Convention

Exhortation-The component of our ministry deal with worship and the various forms of the worship offered. We are not a traditional ministry in that we have a ‘cookie cutter’ ministry-we don’t! We believe in individual expression (that aligns itself with God’s Word-for the Spirit does not behave itself unseemingly). Corporate expression-as a body of baptized believers we intentionally worship God as a responsibility and as a right. The Bible exhorts us, that we should do all things as rendering service unto God.

a. Choral expression
b. Dance expression
c. Drama expression
d. Instrumental expression
e. Offertory expression
f.  Ushering, Nursing, Greeting, Gate keeping
g. Teaching, Preaching

Edification-This Core Value is to purposefully designed to build up, rather than to tear down. This is offered to each member in various creative ways. The intent again, is to value the worth of each individual, and to build self esteem and self confidence.

a. Welcome & Fellowship Greeting
b. First Sunday Fellowship Dinner