The Oklahoma Eagle (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 62, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 10, 1980 Page: 4 of 12
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Page 4 Section A THE OKLAHOMA EAGLE Thursday, July 10, 1980
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The Rev. Mr. Potter said the
church has had a successful
building and expansion program and
has been able to retire its debt
because 80 percent of its members
who attended church regularly tithe.
“If they didn’t, we couldn’t have
done what we have,” he said.
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• IT CAN BE DONE" - Rev. J. L.
Potter, stands outside New
Jerusalem Baptist Church, where he
is one of the founding members and
first pastor. The church was
organized in 1956 from the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Woodard. “I
was paid $8 a week,” he said. The
church and its adjacent properties
are now worth more than 8250,000.
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"AS A YOUNGSTER AND AS A
YOUNG adult, I played in some
dance bands. I had little ambition
of becoming a preacher in my
youth. I was 30 years old before I
began my ministry and I have been
blessed ever since," he explained
Rev Potter, now 66, spent 36 of
these years in the ministry. For 24
of these 36 years in the ministry,
he has pastored New Jerusalem
Baptist Church, which began in 1956
in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Woodard here in Tulsa. "I
was paid $8 a week." A stone
mason by trade, he initially had to
work at this trade to make ends
meet "Even at this, I lost a new
car," he said. "Working on
another job and attempting to work
full-time in the ministry just doesn’t
work," Rev Potter added. “You
have a true commitment to the
ministry,
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American State," Pastor Potter
said, echoing the bank’s motto.
Explaining the relationship,
Thomas said: “Generally churches
enter into an agreement with a
registered securities broker who
puts together a bond program. The
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Murphy. FlorsKekn, Frye, Street Cars and
Baxter special groups In dress and casual
styles
Reg. 49 95 to 54 95
now 39.99
, Reg. 83.95 to 89 95
now 52.99
’ Rag. 94.00 to 97.50
now 74.99
Special Group Johnston & Murphy casuals
rag. 52.50
now 42.99
However, the church facility and
the land it sits on is normally
security. After permission is
granted from the Securities Com-
mission, the bond must be sold. The
bank serves as depositor for the
bonds as they are redeemed and, in
some cases, they will loan the
money to buy the bonds.”
ON FEBRUARY
BUILDING was
SUITS
Summer and year round weights in our selec-
tion of Society Brand. Austin Reed of Regent
Street Bronley. Palm Beach and Donwycke
church secures the bond with real
estate, furniture or fixtures.
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he noted. “You have to
be a God-sent preacher and live a
dedicated life and study hard. You
just can’t pick up a Bible and
begin your ministerial work and
expect success.
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SLACKS Cd
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seasonable patterns Reg to 45 00 .
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THOMAS SAID AMERICAN STATE
Bank doesn’t charge New
Jerusalem. “It’s good for the
church, and it’s good for the bank.
We get J loan on the books, and
the church expands its facility.'’ He
said Rev. Potter is a good
businessman and stays on top of
the account.
May 21 of that year, the name had
to be changed from Immanuel
Baptist Church to New Jerusalem
Baptist Church when it was
discovered another organization had
the same name. With the church
motto, "It Can Be done," two years
later, five lots were bought at the
present site, 3427 N. Birmingham
Ave., and New Jerusalem was
incorporated. Rev. Potter said,
beginning in 1963, the church
facility was remodeled. “We began
with 18 members and now there are
about 390 members on the roll."
He said the church and
congregation owes a great deal to
American State Bank. Members of
the church were planning to
remodel the church, build a home
for the pastor and wife, and
develop the land surrounding the
church when 1st National Bank &
Trust Co. of Tulsa, which they were
dealing with, changed its bond
policy. "We were unable to
negotiate for future bon’d
programs,” Rev. Potter said. He
^^iid the president of American
^Btate, Leroy Thomas Sr., opened
A T^ke banks doors “and our financial
and problems were solved.
"Banking has been
The Rev. J. L. Potter, one of the
founding members and first pastor
of New Jerusalem Baptist Church,
comes from a family of Baptist
ministers. "My grandfather was a
preacher; my father was a
preacher, four of my brothers were
preachers as well as some
nephews," he said. He stated his
father, the late Rev. Andrew Potter,
moved to Summit from Texas,
where the children attended the
DuBois High School. He raised his
family in the First Baptist Church
of Summit, where he and his late
brother Cecil began their ministry.
He said his brother Cecil was a
great preacher and was the first
pastor of Antioch Baptist Church.
His son Cornelius succeeded him as
pastor Another brother, Harvey
i now deceased), was the first
pastor of Timothy Baptist Church
here in Tulsa. And a third brother,
Ray, ’kind of jumped the faith.
He's a Pentecostal minister in
California.
"We are also a family-
musicians. All my sisters
musically inclined." One sister is
presently directress of music at
New Jerusalem and another sister
is directress at Antioch Baptist
Church where his nephew pastors.
And one other sister is directress of
music at the First Baptist Church
of Summit where they began.
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The Oklahoma Eagle (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 62, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 10, 1980, newspaper, July 10, 1980; Tulsa, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1806063/m1/4/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.