{"id":212521,"date":"2026-03-31T02:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T02:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/212521\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T02:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T02:33:09","slug":"newly-appointed-pastor-of-hurst-chapel-ame-church-orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/212521\/","title":{"rendered":"Newly Appointed Pastor of Hurst Chapel AME Church Orlando"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio:720\/596;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/rev-carshena-baker-2-hurst-chapel.png\" width=\"720\" height=\"596\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Contributed<\/p>\n<p>Hurst Chapel AME Church celebrates 100 Years of service in Orlando&#8217;s Callahan Neighborhood and welcome Rev.\u00a0Carshena\u00a0Baker,\u00a0the granddaughter of the late Altermese Bentley, as the newly appointed pastor of Hurst Chapel AME Church Orlando.<\/p>\n<p>The church is celebrating 100 years of service\u00a0this year in the Callahan community and Rev. Baker\u00a0is carrying on the torch of her grandmother in preserving\u00a0history.<\/p>\n<p>Hurst Chapel AME Church is proud to announce its centennial celebration, marking 100 years of dedicated service to the Callahan Neighborhood. As a cherished part of Florida\u2019s History and Heritage Trails, we invite the community to join us in commemorating this significant milestone.<\/p>\n<p>Souvenir Journal ad space is available, produced by \u2018Women of Soul\u2019\u00a9\u00ae Magazine.<\/p>\n<p>The official anniversary festivities kicked off on March 29 with a special program celebrating the Catherine Baity Women\u2019s Missionary Society. Additionally, the Church School Annual Day will be held on Saturday, April 11 at 3 p.m., where attendees are encouraged to wear yellow and white.<\/p>\n<p>The celebrations will include two special services on Sunday, May 31 at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>We are honored to welcome Pastor Cornelius Blue of Birthing Place Worship Center as the guest preacher for the afternoon service.<\/p>\n<p>Join us at the Hurst Chapel Cafe on April 25 for an evening of live music featuring Michael Price Sr., as we honor our rich heritage and look forward to a bright future. Doors open at 6 p.m. (Donation $10 in advance $15 at the door). Concessions will be sold by Cora\u2019s Homemade Burgers and Such.<\/p>\n<p>The church is located at 901 Bentley Street in Orlando.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Contributed Hurst Chapel AME Church celebrates 100 Years of service in Orlando&#8217;s Callahan Neighborhood and welcome Rev.\u00a0Carshena\u00a0Baker,\u00a0the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-212521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}