Our History

As Caribbean Seventh-day Adventists settled in New York for study and work, Alfred Boyce, Sylvanus DeJonge, Roy Hoyte, Errol Millington, Anderson and Joyce Nurse, Bertram Straker, and Albert Pierre began exploring a church that would support their spiritual needs and honor their cultural heritage.

On October 14, the Northeastern Conference accepted the charter members of the Inter-American Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Charter members

• S. Archer
• Alfred Boyce
• Sylvanus and Prisca Dejonge
• L. Duncan
• Roy Hoyte
• Hugh King
• Errol Millington
• G. Mitchell
• Albert Pierre
• D. Rodriquez
• Myrtle Shorey
• Bertram Straker
• F. Van Putten
• V. Wilson

Early services met at the Church on the Mount, 1393 Pacific Street. The congregation then moved to the Primitive Methodist Church at 810 Park Place and purchased that building on April 17, 1960, for $7,500. As the church continued to grow, members briefly worshiped at Trinity Baptist Church, 179 New York Avenue, before moving to Miller Memorial Nazarene Church, 595 Classon Avenue, in October 1962.

The congregation purchased the historic former Hanson Place Baptist Church at 88 Hanson Place. Built in 1860, the building brings together Greek Revival and Italianate details. The first Sabbath service here was July 20, 1963, with more than 500 people in attendance.

Hanson Place has grown into an international church community. Across generations and cultures, our shared calling remains to worship God, care for one another, and serve our neighbors.