New Rising Star Church

This article is about the Missionary Baptist church in East Lake. For the Baptist church in Collegeville, see New Rising Star Baptist Church. For the Primitive Baptist church in Belview Heights, see New Rising Star Primitive Baptist Church

New Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church, called New Rising Star Church or The Star, is a Missionary Baptist church located at 7400 London Avenue in Birmingham's Brown Springs neighborhood. It was founded in 1963.

The congregation established the New Rising Star Community Support Corporation which operates day-care and educational enrichment programs and also rehabilitates affordable housing in the community. New Rising Star's "Operation East" program distributes food, clothing and medical care to the community free of charge.

Pastors

• Tommy Chappell, 1975–2010
• Thomas Beavers, 2013–

References

• Johnson, Roy S. (July 26, 2021) "‘We don’t like each other’: Birmingham pastor’s tough words on violence as church builds solutions." The Birmingham News

External links

• New Rising Star Church website