The New Jerusalem Baptist Church gives back in more ways than one, with not only its Air Conditioning Ministry but a food, clothes and medical ministry every fourth Saturday at the church.

San Antonio firefighters work to extinguish a fire Monday October 13, 2014 at the New Jerusalem Baptist Church at 422 Pennystone on the city's Southeast Side.

New Jerusalem has been offering a Thanksgiving meal for around 20 years. “Even if you don’t live near the church, if you feel like you want to come and eat, you can come and eat," he said.

The fire engulfing New Jerusalem Baptist Church more than a month ago destroyed a sanctuary in which 250 worshippers used to gather for song, prayer and communion around a sacred altar table.

One person lending his voice is the new pastor of New Jerusalem Baptist Church.“Our young people are in a crisis, and it's so nuanced the church has to take a stand,” Joel McCauley said ...

New Jerusalem Baptist Church Pastor Jeffery A. Garner, right, greets Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff before a Healing Service, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014.

The old church building of the Greater New Jerusalem Baptist church is seen in Las Vegas, Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. The new home of the church, headed by the former president of Las Vegas chapter of ...

One hundred years after opening its doors as Sunrise Baptist Church, love remains at the core of New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church, Rev. Marie Nutall said. “It’s truly amazing to be the ...

2012 Gazette file photo of Rev. James H. McMearn who was paster at New Jerusalem Baptist Church in Fountain for more than 40 years. Photo taken April 29, 2012. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) ...

New Jerusalem Baptist Church is building affordable houses, apartments and duplexes on donated properties across the city. Four of the church's rental houses for low-to-moderate income families ...