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Senior Housing Complex Dedicated forT.M. Chambers, Sr.Sponsored by:Roger Williams Baptist Church
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 Timothy M. Chambers, Sr. |
The Late Reverend Timothy Moses Chambers, Sr. Timothy Moses Chambers, Sr. was born in the very late 1800's. the last of 14 children of Rev. Cicero Commodore Chambers and Mrs. Jerlene Wade Chambers. He was born and raised in Mount Pleasant, Texas. Rev. Chambers held several Baptist pastorates in East Texas. In the days of circuit preachers, when ministers pastored more than one church simultaneously, he served as Pastor of Freeman Chapel, Quitman; St. Luke, Hopkins County; East Caney, Hopkins County; St. Paul, Dekalb; Tranquil, Winsboro; Evergreen, Longview; St. Paul, Pittsburg; First, Nacogdoches; and First, Lufkin. In Arkansas, He pastored Buchanan B.C., Stamps; 11th Street B.C.,Texarchana. He came into prominence as the Pastor of the Arch Street Baptist Church of Little Rock, Arkansas. |
He also taught and led the extension work at Arkansas Baptist College. From 1936 to 1940, he served as Pastor of the historic Good Street Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas. While in Dallas, he served as President of the Baptist Missionary & Education Convention Of Texas.
From 1950 to 1966, Chambers served as Pastor of the historic Zion Hill Baptist Church of Los Angeles. During this time, he also served as the President of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Los Angeles, President of the Constitutional Baptist State Convention (now known as the Progressive Baptist State Convention) from 1958 to 1962, and as the first President of the Progressive National Baptist Convention from 1961 to 1966.
In 1966, Chambers organized the Greater True Love Missionary Baptist Church, which became the Roger Williams-True Love Missionary Baptist Church. He led the congregation until he retired in 1977.
Rev. Chambers was a loyal and faithful supporter of his Alma mater, Bishop College. He served for many years on the college's Board Of Trustees. A Faculty Apartment Building on the Bishop Campus was named after him in the early 70's. For the past 51 years, the Wednesday night service of the prestigious Lacy Kirk Williams Minister' Institute (formerly held at Bishop College) has been named, and continues to be named the T..M. CHAMBERS NIGHT. " Rev. Chambers preached in the institute on that Wednesday night for 25 straight years. It has been said that it was a good thing that he was not alive when Bishop College closed down in 1988, or that would have killed him. Rev. Chambers was recognized all over the country as a preacher pastor, and denominational leader. He wrote several articles, booklets, and pamphlets.
A book with some of his sermons and addresses will be available in 2001. Rev. Chambers died in November, 1977.