In Memoriam
Harold Carter
Harold Carter, pastor of New Shiloh Baptist Church in
Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States, died on May 30. He was 76 years old.
Carter was a longtime supporter of the Baptist World Alliance® and served on a number of its committees, commissions and workgroups, including the Executive Committee, the Division of Evangelism and Education Executive Committee, the Commission on Baptist Worship and Spirituality, the Church Renewal Workgroup and the National Evangelism Workgroup. He became pastor of New Shiloh in 1965 and led the
congregation to significant numerical growth and ministerial reach. The church converted what was once a blighted and rundown part of Baltimore into the New Shiloh Village Center that not only includes a place of worship, but also a child development center, a mechanic engineering garage to train community persons in hi-tech auto mechanics, a computer
center, a senior citizens recreation center and facilities for health services. New Shiloh also operates a School of Music, has a music studio and provides facilities for artists. Carter was involved in the civil rights movement beginning when he was a student at Alabama State College in the 1950s, becoming a follower of Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Abernathy. He became one of the leaders of the Lynchburg Improvement Association while pastor of Court Street Baptist in Lynchburg, Virginia, and was influential in having King visit Lynchburg to strengthen the civil rights movement there. At the height of the civil rights campaign in the 1960s, he was chair of the Baltimore chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the main national civil rights organization founded and led by King and Abernathy. After King’s death, he led the Baltimore Chapter of the Poor People’s Campaign that led to a gathering in Washington, DC, to call on the United States to address the concerns of the poor. Carter has mentored dozens of other pastors and ministers into the Christian ministry. His books include The Prayer Tradition of Black People, Building Disciples in the Local Church and America Where Are You Going? He earned degrees from Alabama State College, St. Mary’s Ecumenical University in Baltimore and Colgate Bexley Hall/ Crozer Seminary in Rochester, New York. He was predeceased by his wife of 48 years, Weptanomah, in 2006, and is survived by son, Harold Jr., and daughter, Weptanomah.
Funeral services were held on June 7 at New Shiloh Baptist Church.
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