Who we are
We are a vibrant, energetic and loving community of Christians. We’re a collection of people from all over the world, and from all different kinds of backgrounds, pulled and held together by God’s grace, mercy and love.Our campus is located just north of Boston, MA, and sits on one of the major roadways taking thousands of people in and out of the city each day. We serve many communities around Boston’s North Shore with practical help like food, clothing, after-school programs, children & youth programs, Christian education, prayer and worship services in English, Amharic, Portuguese (Brazilian) and Swahili.
What we believe
We believe God’s Word should shape our lives
We believe that prayer is how we align ourselves with God
We believe everyone in our church has a God-given gift to contribute
We choose to lives beneath our means so we can be generous beyond our limits
Freedom Hill Community Church is part of the Assemblies of God fellowship. Click here to learn more about what we believe.
Where we come from
Freedom Hill Community Church traces her roots back to 1907 when a group of Christians in Chelsea, Massachusetts began gathering to pray that God would baptize them in the Holy Spirit. This group blossomed into a small church. A year later, the great Chelsea fire destroyed their meeting place and these Pentecostal believers scattered throughout Boston.
One of the men who had been chosen to lead the church in Chelsea soon felt called reach the city of Everett, MA. His name was William J. Mitchell. He was ordained by the Assemblies of God in 1924 and, along with a handful of other believers, started Glad Tidings Mission in Chelsea in 1927.
This is what we consider the birth date of our church. In 1930 it became clear that the growing church need to hire a full-time pastor, and they asked Rev. Mitchell to fill this role. He gave up his business and became the pastor.
The church kept growing and had to relocate several times in order to have enough room to accommodate the growth. In 1932 Glad Tidings Tabernacle joined the Assemblies of God.
In 1959 our church moved to what had formerly been the Capitol Theater, which provided much needed room for our growing ministries. Eventually, the maintenance on the old theater building became too much and the space was again limiting ministry, and so in the early 1980s two big decisions were made. The first was to build an entirely new facility in Malden (our current location). The second was to change the church’s name to North Shore Assembly of God.
The first building we built was a multi-purpose educational facility. Our hope was to follow quickly with a sanctuary for weekly worship, but that became a bigger challenge than had been anticipated. It took just over 20 years to break ground on the sanctuary. October 10, 2010 we started holding services in our new sanctuary.
With the completion of the sanctuary behind us, in 2014 the church felt it was time to change its name to reflect its vision and mission in Malden. On December 7th of that year the church membership chose the name Freedom Hill Community Church.
From 1927 to this day, our church has been served by steady and committed pastors. Our current pastor is only the tenth pastor in these almost 100 years of our existence.
Over the years our congregations has become ethnically, generationally, socio-economically diverse, reflecting the community around us. We also partner with three other congregations to reach people who don’t speak English: Ebenezer Assemble de Deus, a Portuguese speaking congregation; Rehoboth Grace Evangelical Church, an Amharic speaking congregation; and Agape Assembly of God, a Swahili speaking congregation.
From our earliest days, our church has been committed to global outreach, supporting and sending hundreds of missionaries over the years. We’ve also committed to missions by sending teams and individuals on over 50 short-term mission trips.
While history is often marked by key locations and people, that is not enough to tell the story of the countless number of people whose lives have been changed through the ministries of our church.
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