Our History
The Friendship Missionary Baptist Church was organized in 1948 under the leadership of Reverend P. R. Dortch.
In June 1948, we moved to our 10th Street location and Reverend E. L. McCann became our Pastor. During his tenure, a new building was erected.
In June 1957, Reverend John W. Wright became our Pastor. Under his leadership, we were blessed with great growth both spiritually and numerically. We entered our 7214 10th Street building and many ministries were implemented. Pastor Wright served faithfully until October 1991 when he retired due to illness.
Reverend John F. Payne, Sr. served as pastor from June of 1992 until October 2017. During Rev. Payne’s tenure, our membership grew to over 900 members, and there was the expansion of our deacon, trustee and ministerial ministries. Also, a new Child Development Center was opened in March 2007 and our new Family Life Center was completed in 2013. We are thankful for the accomplishments that God allowed our ministry under his leadership.
Reverend Corey Brown served as pastor from January 2019 to December 2022.
In April of 2024, Rev. Tremayne Benson was selected as Pastor of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church to lead God’s people. As we the Friendship Family accept the challenge of providing a “complete ministry” to the community, we are prayerful that you will acknowledge the challenge and join us in our endeavors as we “LIFT THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST!”