Welcome!
First Central Baptist Church is a center for Christian worship located in Staten Island, New York. The Church’s primary goal is to grow in the knowledge of Christ and move according to the spirit of God while being committed to the building of God’s Kingdom here on Earth.
I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die.
—John 11:25-26
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NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ANNOUNCES START OF KINDERGARTEN ADMISSIONS PROCESS.
Families Should Apply at Schools by March 2, 2012. To view more information about the Kindergarten process click the link below:
Kindergarten Document![]()
Sunday School: 9:30 am
Sunday Worship Service: 8 am & 11 am
Bible Study: Wednesdays 7:00 pm
Prayer Service: Wednesdays 6:00 pm
Friends and Family Day every Second Sunday
Upcoming Events:
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The 2nd Annual Staten Island
Black College Fair and College Literacy Clinic
will be Saturday, January 28th from 1pm to 5pm at Ralph R. McKee High School located at 290 ST. Marks Place, Staten Island.
This event is brought to you by:
NAACP NYS Conference & Staten Island NAACP Education Committee.
For more information check out the flyer
Ash Wednesday
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
Staten Island Black History Legislative Breakfast
February 25, 2012 at 8:30 am at the Central Family Life Center 59 Wright Street Staten Island, NY 10304
Town Hall Meeting
February 25, 2012 starting at 12 noon at the First Central Baptist Church 117 Wright Street Staten Island, NY 10304. “Education our Future Now!”
The Men’s Ministry of First Central Baptist Church presents MAN UP!
MAN UP! is a 10-week Rite of Passage program designed to train and prepare youth 8 – 18 to embrace the principles of manhood.
Classes are every Saturday, beginning January 7th from 9am – 11am. Anyone interested should contact Brother Wllie Maye, Jr., Deacon In Training David Brown,
or Brother Daryl Gaskin.
Rev. Dr. Demetrius S. Carolina’s 7th Pastoral Anniversary Revival
Tuesday and Wednesday March 13th and 14th, 2012 at 7pm nightly
at First Central Baptist Church
Tuesdays Guest Preacher: Rev. Eli D. Smith, Shiloh A.M.E. Zion Church, Staten Island
Wednesdays Guest Preacher: Rev. Torrence Robinson, Gethsemane B.C., Bronx
Rev. Dr. Demetrius S. Carolina’s 7th Pastoral Anniversary Banquet
Saturday, March 17th, 2012 at Li Greci’s Staaten at 12 noon
Rev. Dr. Demetrius S. Carolina’s 7th Pastoral Anniversary Sunday
Sunday, March 18th, 2012
8am – Rev. John Davis, First Baptist Church, 2705 Eighth Ave, NYC
11am – Rev. Johnny Bush, Greater Faith Baptist Church, Stamford CT
4pm – Rev. J.A. McGruder, Faith Emanuel Baptist Church, Phila, PA
Good Friday Fish Fry
Friday April 6th
First Central Baptist Church
117 Wright Street/Rev. Calvin Rice Place
Staten Island, NY 10304
By Telephone:
(718) 273-9274
By Email:
firstcentralbc@gmail.com