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First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens exists today as a branch of the great tradition of African American Baptist Churches. Although "First Church" as it is affectionately known is a part of the black church tradition and possesses all of the doctrinal and stylistic elements of black churches, the church is best understood as a multi-cultural church. A growing segment of the church's membership is non-African American with many people of European and African heritage joining in increasingly large numbers. The diversity provides the church with the opportunity to build upon the black church tradition while also expanding ther reach into communities that are well beyond the traditional constituency of the black churches.

Community outreach and neighborhood impact is an important role of the church. First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens has long been a church that is active in the community and continues to serve the neighborhood in areas of housing, employment, health care, youth development and economic development. The church is one of the leaders in New Jersey in the faith based community development movement just as the church was a leader in the 1960's in the civil rights movement.

The focus of First Church is to provide a three dimensional ministry that nurtures spiritual growth, supports academic excellence and promotes economic empowerment. In our church life all members are equal. Although some members may shoulder special responsibilities, it in no way detracts from the priesthood of every believer. We believe that every member brings unique gifts which, if the member never joined us we would be sorely lacking.

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