{"id":7527,"date":"2023-02-16T19:08:23","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T19:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=7527"},"modified":"2023-02-16T19:08:23","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T19:08:23","slug":"historic-church-celebrates-newly-elected-pastor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/16\/historic-church-celebrates-newly-elected-pastor\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Church Celebrates Newly Elected Pastor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rev. William C. Foster, Sr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Tricia Hall<\/strong><\/em>
\nThe Truth Reporter<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Sunday, February 12, 2023 was a momentous occasion as the congregation and leaders of the historic Indiana Avenue Missionary Baptist Church welcomed Rev. William C. Foster, Sr, the pastor-elect.<\/p>\n

\u201cStill trying to process God calling me to a historic church. It doesn\u2019t seem real. People have said to me, that God got you, and I don\u2019t take that lightly. I want to do God\u2019s will, no matter what it looks like,\u201d shared Rev. Foster.<\/p>\n

The service opened with a high energy and spiritual devotion led by the church\u2019s deacons, immediately followed by the congregational song, scripture reading, and prayer. The pews were filled with smiling faces and hand claps as the newly elected pastor was escorted to the pulpit. Rev. Graham led the church congregational hymn and the service continued with several congregational hymns sang by the church choir.<\/p>\n

The service continued with a Black History Month presentation by Ward Barnett Jr, tithes and offering, recognition of visitors, induction of officers and sermon from the pastor-elect.<\/p>\n

Rev. Foster wanted the congregation and guests to hear and feel moments from the congregation\u2019s history that will shape and influence the future. \u201cI want to shine a light on where the church has been and where the calling is for the next chapter. I understand the shoulders I am standing on, he was a giant. I will always honor Dr. Roberts and Mother Roberts legacy, but God has called me to be William Foster. All I would do God a disservice, if I didn\u2019t stay true to his calling for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rev. Foster, wife Brittany, son Deuce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rev. Foster was born in Kokomo, Indiana and credits his strong spiritual upbringing to his parents, James Foster, and Michelle Copeland and Mike Copeland. Rev. Foster accepted Christ and was baptized at the age of seven at Second Missionary Baptist Church, by 2010 he was a member at Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, accepted the call to preach and preached his initial sermon in 2012, earned his license to preach in 2014 and ordained in 2022.<\/p>\n

He graduated from Indiana University with a bachelor in general studies and is currently attending Baptist Seminary of Kentucky to pursue a Masters of Divinity in Pastoral Care and Counseling. Rev. Foster is married to Brittany and father to a two-year old son.<\/p>\n

The service concluded with church announcements, communion and benediction.<\/p>\n

The Indiana Avenue Missionary Baptist Church is located at 640 Indiana Ave in Toledo, Ohio. Service is held in-person and live streamed each Sunday at 10:30am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Tricia Hall The Truth Reporter Sunday, February 12, 2023 was a momentous occasion as the congregation and leaders of the historic Indiana Avenue Missionary Baptist Church welcomed Rev. William C. Foster, Sr, the pastor-elect. \u201cStill trying to process God calling me to a historic church. It doesn\u2019t seem real. People have said to me, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[162],"class_list":["post-7527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7530,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7527\/revisions\/7530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7527"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=7527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}