St. Stephen Missionary Baptist Church of Thomasville

St. Stephen Missionary Baptist Church is a Progressive Christian Ministry that has kept abreast of the changes, in society but has not lost the central teachings of Christ in the Scriptures, which is "love", of both God and fellowman. In short, St. Stephen Missionary Baptist Church is an Emergent Church -keeping the traditions of Scripture alive, yet transforming the display and practices of making the Scriptures relevent to contemporary living.

Shepherded by her gifted pastor, the Rev. Dr. T. Marquis Ramsey, she has nurtured and matured numerous men and women who are now productive in all areas of Kingdom building at home and abroad. St. Stephen Missionary Baptist Church is recognized by many as a launching pad for those who are serious about a career in social ministry and theological scholarship. St. Stephen continues to be a growing teaching ministry.

St. Stephen is a Progressive ministry with an emphasis on social justice, the environment, health concerns, and other human concerns.

Our Progressive Christian Aim

Progressive Christianity is the name given to a movement within contemporary Protestant Christianity characterized by willingness to question tradition, acceptance of human diversity with a strong emphasis on social justice or care for the poor and the oppressed and environmental stewardship of the Earth. Progressive Christians have a deep belief in the centrality of the instruction to "love one another" (John 15:17) within the teaching of Jesus Christ. This leads to a focus on compassion, promoting justice and mercy, tolerance, and working towards solving the societal problems of poverty, discrimination, and environmental issues.

This movement is by no means the only significant movement of progressive thought among Christians but it is currently a focus of such issues in many parts of the world.

Our congregation is a portrait of such diversity: cross-generational, multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, economic, and educational. The worship service reflects these factors as the members blend in joyful celebration of praise and worship. This unique flavor of diversity manifests itself as members express adoration to their Lord and Savior, Christ, the King.