Mission Statement: WHBC's Caring Ministry “A Servant's Heart” strives to minister to families and individuals seeking the physical or spiritual needs for everyday life such as housing, personal items, utility bills, gas cards, food, visitation, prayer etc., by linking them to the appropriate resources. If you are in need, and would like to see if WHBC’s Caring Ministry can help you, contact the Pastor or a Deacon. In all cases, we seek to minister to the whole person-body, spirit and mind. If you are not part of the WHBC church family, and have a need, you can receive support through our Deacon’s Fund, or through referrals to appropriate resources in the local community. If you are part of the church family at WHBC, you can receive hands-on support from this Ministry Team. This ministry is under the supervision of the Deacon Ministry Team and leads a team of volunteers who feel called to minister to the needs of people in this way. WHBC's Caring Ministry reaches out into the church and community to extend the loving hand of Jesus Christ, meeting people in the midst of their trials. The church will raise money to help pay for the larger church since insurance will only cover the cost of a building similar in size to the old church.WHBC’s Caring Ministry “A Servant's Heart” “We’ve been actually growing since we’ve been at Cornerstone, and we continue to grow,” he said. The size increase is out of necessity, Moore said.
The old church had a capacity of 750 people. The new sanctuary should seat about 1,000 people. The new West Highland Baptist Church will be larger than the old one. The church’s insurance company is covering the cost of most of the rebuilding. It brought out what we would call the best of Tuscaloosa.” “It’s made us realize that we can all really work together and make things happen when the situation calls for it. Thanksgiving has been the key and we realize how Tuscaloosa itself, as a city, can really come together when there’s a time of tragedy and catastrophe. “It’s been more positive than negative as far as we’re concerned,” Moore said. He said the tornado has actually been a blessing. Moore said not a week has gone by since the tornado when someone hasn’t contacted the church to offer some kind of assistance. In addition to being offered a place to worship, West Highland has received numerous financial donations from people all over the nation. The outpouring (of help) has been overwhelming.” “It’s been a year and a month now and it’s worked out perfectly. “Our worship begins when theirs ends on Sundays,” he said.
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Bishop Earnest Palmer (the pastor of Cornerstone Full Gospel Baptist Church) was the first to call and his church was only two blocks away from ours, so we accepted his invitation (to worship there).” “We had about half a dozen churches call us, both predominantly black and white churches. “I didn’t even get to call anyone,” he said. But before they could consider who to ask for help, Moore’s phone rang, repeatedly, with offers. Anything positive along those lines is always exciting for our congregation.”Īfter West Highland was destroyed and its members accounted for, Moore said their immediate concern was finding a new place to hold services.
It definitely lifted the spirits of our members. “We had others who offered their sentiments,” he said. “We had a tremendous turnout of both our members and others who were aware of it. “It was awesome,” Moore said of the groundbreaking ceremony. Moore and several of the church’s leaders broke ground on a new church building at 628 29th St., the same location as the destroyed church. On April 27, 2012, the anniversary of the church’s destruction, West Highland’s congregants had another reason to celebrate. We take a minute every Sunday to thank God for that.” We’ve been thankful to God from point zero when we first found out that none of our folks were injured.
“The Lord warned me to cancel it that day, so I called people telling them it would be canceled. “We were supposed to have been there at that time of the storm, because it was on a Wednesday during a time we’d be gathering together for prayer meeting and Bible study,” he said. “People were not as concerned about the building itself as they were about people being killed or injured. “The feelings that day were feelings of thanksgiving to God that He had warned us not to be there,” said the Rev. The church was reduced to a pile of rubble by the April 27, 2011, tornado.īut rather than mourn, West Highland’s members reacted to the devastation with thanksgiving and celebration. TUSCALOOSA | The West Highland Baptist Church was virtually wiped off the map in a matter of seconds.
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