Our Worship Location has been changed temporarily while we are under renovations.
Just a few blocks away!
Please join us every Sunday at our new time, 8:00 am, at 576 Ralph Ave., BKLYN bet St. Johns and Lincoln Place.
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Church (631) 205-6293
112-41 Guy R Brewer Blvd
Jamaica, NY 11433
Meet The Pastor
Bishop David W.Grayson Jr. is a humble servant of the Lord who has a passion for God and His people.
Born March 21, 1971 in Brooklyn, NY, he is the eldest son to Bishop David W.Grayson Sr, & Lady Delores Grayson. He accepted the Lord and was filled with the Holy Ghost at the age of 18. Shortly after, he enrolled in the O.M. Kelly/F.D. Washington Religious Institute. At the age of 19 he accepted his call to ministry and was licensed in 1990 and later ordained in June 1990.
God was preparing Elder Grayson Jr to serve as Co-Pastor of the Christian Cathedral COGIC with his father who is the founder, in Memphis TN. in 1991. He then went on in 1992 to pastor the Christian Sanctuary COGIC in East Memphis. The Lord led Elder Grayson back to the city of New York, December of 1992. In 1995 he was installed pastor of the Temple of Blessings COGIC. known today as Temple of Blessings Family Worship Center where he yet serves as it’s leader.
Bishop Grayson has received numerous awards,citations, and certificates by city leaders for his outstanding leadership in the community. Many souls have come to Christ through his ministry.
Bishop Grayson functions in each area of the five- fold ministry. He is an Apostle,Prophet,Evangelist,Pastor and Teacher.(Ephesians 4:11) He has touched the lives of many who were lost in their sins,depressed,sick,broke and needing deliverance from terrible habits. He believes that Jesus is a habit breaker.
Bishop Grayson believes that every believer should live a blessed and prosperous life. Prosperous in your health and wealth even as your soul prospers.
Bishop Grayson is a graduate of Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School and later attended LeMoyne Owen College in Memphis TN. He is also a devoted husband and proud father. He is married to his wife of 19 years, Pastor Monique Grayson, and the father of two wonderful children, Diamond L.Grayson and David W Grayson III.
Bishop David W Grayson Jr. embraces the spiritual calling of Our Lord and is committed to fulfilling the purpose and the will that Jesus Christ has for his life.
Adult Sunday School
It seems life just passes us by. We are busy trying to make ends meet, run errands, raise a family, keep your marriage intact and stay sane doing it!
Our Adult Sunday School classes are designed to equip each adult in every aspect of their life.
We know it is important to keep our relationships with our spouse, children, and especially God in the right place.
Whether you are a single adult, a young married couple or a couple with grown children, we encourage you to join us on Sunday mornings at [9:30am] as we have fellowship with fellow believers and study practical, biblical lessons that will encourage you to have a true Christian life
Sunday School
Temple Of Blessings offers exciting classes that will not only teach your children the importance of learning God’s Word through exciting lessons and scripture memorization, but also allows your children to interact with other children as they build friendships that will last a lifetime.
We teach our children that learning about God and having a real relationship with Him is fun and enjoyable!
T.O.B.Music Ministry
Come let us worship the Lord together!
God loves to hear our praises, and what better way to give them than to sing His praise?
Music is a wonderful way to communicate God’s love and is a means of worship and adorations to the Lord.
It also edifies the people of God.
Join us each service as we make a joyful noise unto the Lord through hymns and spiritual, uplifting songs.
T.O.B.Youth Ministry
In a generation of teens who are seeking answers to so many different questions of life, Temple Of Blessings Youth Ministry offers Biblical lessons that will allow your children to make wise, God-honoring choices.
It is our goal to equip our teens to live for Christ during these difficult and challenging years.
It is our goal to work alongside parents to instruct our children in the ways of the Lord. We also offer good, clean fun-filled activities that teach our teens that being a Christian is FUN!
These are the following times that Temple Of Blessings Youth Ministries meet:
Sunday School Every Sunday: [9:30 am]
Every 4th Friday Night: [7pm]
Men’s Ministry
What do you think of when you think of “Men’s Ministry”?
Kickboxing for Jesus? Sweaty “God’s Gym” T-shirts? Belching contests with the sacramental wine? A slightly Christianized version of the stereotypical, knuckle dragging, mouth breathing, 2nd-generation-to-walk-upright chauvinists with all the decorum and class of Fred and Barney at the Water Buffaloes lodge night?
No doubt, men are a unique species. Not prone to “talk it out” or communicate in any meaningful way, they prefer to spend time alone in their ubiquitous “man cave,” working out their frustrations on hobbies or sports or hunting or one of the many-splendored things that makes them men. No matter how much you might try to change them, clean them up, scrub them down, at the end of the day, they’re still men.
Of course things change when they get around other men. They open up, they talk, they become themselves, not always in the most flattering of ways. It’s a gender relationship that is almost therapeutic. Like it or not, there are some things men just do better with other men.
That’s where the concept of men’s ministry comes in.
Even at church, men need to be around other men. Not just to behave as they do, but to be able to talk to, confide in, pray with, and pray for.
Men need other men as confidants, brothers in arms, and encouragers in the faith. They need brothers who will cheer for them when life is good, and let them know that it is in fact okay for men to cry when the storms arise.
The men’s ministry here at TOB is here, for the man in your life, the husband, father, or son, reaching out with open arms to let them be what God made them, and reminding them that they are uniquely and wonderfully made.
C’mon, be a man. Man up. Come check out our men’s ministry and see what God has in store for you!
Service Times
Sunday Morning Worship is at 11am to 1pm
Every 1st and 3rd Saturday is Bible Study at 11am to 12noon
We are located at
1231 Eastern Pkwy,
Brooklyn, NY 11213
About
The Temple Of Blessings Family Worship Center is a pentecostal church that is actively engaged in serving the will of Our Lord Jesus Christ. We strive to build strong and prosperous families that can bask in light of Christ and live as He would have us live. Our very reason for existence is to obey the commands of Our Lord and to inspire thousands upon thousands into His flock.
Every family that we bring into the fold,every family that we help prosper,is one more member of our one,large family. This universal family and each one of its members have a story about Jesus of their own. A story of their journey unto Christ, a story of love, of passion and of compassion,or a story of grief and of pain, and then salvation and redemption – and each one is a story about a relationship with Jesus, whether old or brand new.
The Temple of Blessings is based in Brooklyn, New York and aims to establish churches all around the city and eventually, across the breadth of the United States. Our Ministries include a Men’s Ministry and a Women’s Ministry as well as a Youth Ministry. We have Sunday School for Children and an Adult Sunday School.
At the Temple Of Blessings, we exist to serve, and serve we will! We believe the teachings of Jesus Christ are still relevant, even in the 21st century,and we prove that every single day through our efforts in the Lord’s name.
Come and be our honored guest this Sunday. We have no dress code. Some dress up and some dress down. Our 2 hour service is power packed with Praise, Worship and The Word. And don’t worry we won’t ask you to stand or point you out to everybody but will treat you with love and kindness.
Our History
A BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH OF TEMPLE OF BLESSINGS FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER
Temple of Blessings, formerly known as Inspirational Baptist Church of God in Christ, Grayson Temple and Temple of Blessings Church of God in Christ (COGIC) was birthed into existence in 1969 by the now Bishop David W. Grayson, Sr. with his loving and dedicated wife, Delores, right by his side.
Being the visionary leader that he has always been, Dr. Grayson as he was known back then, sought and found a building located at 2729 Fulton Street, between Bradford and Wyona Streets, in the East New York section of Brooklyn, New York to launch this brand new ministry. He sacrificed his own personal gains to remodel and modernize this property into a beautiful House of Worship. He gave of himself to make certain that the church had the necessities to win souls to Christ. He promoted the gospel of Jesus Christ in this area of New York by street witnessing, print materials, and door to door communications. Before long, neighborhood children and adults would be seen coming through the doors to Sunday School and Morning Worship where you could hear the phenomenal music ministry and preached Word.
It was in 1972 that the Lord laid it upon the Pastor’s heart to relocate the church to a more populated area of Brooklyn. He purchased an old, run-down, burnt out Jewish Yeshiva located at 400 Stone Avenue (now known as Mother Gaston Boulevard) in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn; and, in May of 1973, Grayson Temple relocated into what became a beautiful landmark on Stone Avenue. Dr. Grayson has always been an entrepreneur and an advocate for educating the minds of young African-American children. The Stone Avenue site also housed the Inspirational Pre-School of Education which employed many of the members and community persons. The congregation grew by leaps and bounds through media ministry, revivals with renowned evangelist from around this nation, street witnessing, and outdoor services.
Grayson Temple was known for its music ministry. Dr. Grayson always employed some of New York’s greatest musicians including Professor Butch Heyward, the now Bishop J. C. White, Brother Sidney Grayson, Min. Michael Gramby, the late Professors Alfred White and John Hason, and so many others. These musicians and directors spent countless hours perfecting the music ministry of Grayson Temple causing many of the youth of Brownsville to become attracted to Grayson Temple and so much more that the church had to offer. The ministry of Dr. Grayson spread from New York to the hills of North Carolina where he established Grayson Temple COGIC in Durham in 1975.
In 1976 after a most devastating fire, Grayson Temple was forced to relocate to 1237 Eastern Parkway, Crown Heights, Brooklyn, to the building formerly known as the Madie Payton Home. The church once again began to bloom as God added to the church daily. Soon, this site became much too small for this booming congregation. It was during this season in the life of Grayson Temple that the Lord led Dr. Grayson to change the name of the church to Temple of Blessings COGIC. With the same zest and zeal, he found and purchased property located at 913 Nostrand Avenue on the corner of Montgomery Street.
After a few months of usage as a catering hall, the church had much need of the building for worship. An avid interior decorator, Dr. Grayson remodeled the building into an adoring edifice for the Lord and His people. Many of our students from Inspirational Day Care Centers, now known as Kiddie Kollege Preschool, along with their parents found a place of healing and deliverance by attaching themselves not only to the school but also to the Church.
It was also during this time that, Dr. Grayson established one of the first predominantly African-American Private, Parochial Elementary Schools in the City of New York in the year of 1980. Temple of Blessings continued to strive for excellence in the many area and programs were established by this genius of a man.
The youth of the church were inspired not only through the Young People’s Willing Workers and Sunday School but also by the recreational aspect of the ministry. Fun Foods, a Christian entertainment center owned and operated by the church, became a hot spot for the youngsters of TOB. After services or rehearsals, you would see them race off down Nostrand Avenue to Fun Foods to play the many games offered as well as indulge themselves in the delicious ‘FUN FOODS’ that would appease their budding appetites.
Fast forward to the year of 1986, the now Overseer Grayson heard the voice of God inspiring him to build Him a house in his hometown. Whoever heard of a church building going up from the ground in crowded Crown Heights, never mind on the landmark area of Eastern Parkway? Overseer Grayson heeded the call and challenges against the voices of the naysayers and built this beautiful, spacious edifice in the once parking lot of the Maydie Payton Home.
In May of 1987, Temple of Blessings Church of God in Christ was dedicated for service to the Master by the honorable, Jurisdictional Bishop and Second Assistant Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ, Inc., His Grace, The Right Reverend Frederick Douglas Washington…the final church that he dedicated before the Lord called him home. What an auspicious occasion that was to see Bishops from far and near including General Board Member and former Presiding Bishop Chandler David Owens, Supervisors, Pastors, Elders, Politicians including the now Borough President of Brooklyn, Marty Markowitz, and numerous friends witness the miracle on Eastern Parkway.
BISHOP DAVID W. GRAYSON, SR. wrote the vision and he made it plain upon the tablets of time…TEMPLE OF BLESSINGS FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER still stands as a beacon light in the community of Crown Heights as 1231 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY…the Devine Work of a man with a vision. In January of 1995 after much prayer, Bishop Grayson turned the reigns of responsibility of Pastoral ship to his eldest son and namesake, the then, Elder David W. Grayson, Jr.
It is now through the leadership of the now Bishop David W. Grayson, Jr. that the legacy of Temple of Blessing now flows…destined for greatness. It is truly a TEMPLE OF BLESSINGS!!!
Our Mission
The Temple of Blessings Aims to Serve our Community with Passion,Devotion,and Dedication!
The Temple of Blessings Family Worship Center seeks to establish Our Lord’s Kingdom of Heaven upon Earth, through worship and through praise of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
“Sing praises to the Lord, for He has done gloriously; let this be made known in all the Earth.” – Isaiah 12:5
Our mission is to build a community of love,and to serve each member therein with passion and devotion. Peace and harmony in all things in life are the rocks upon which a prosperous house is built. And it is within such a house that a family can truly thrive, and live as the Lord has commanded us to live.
Our mission is to make this community welcoming and warm, in the likeness of the Lord’s embrace, and to provide each guest with a friendly environment. Such a community makes residents of its guests, and strong prosperous families of its residents.
Our mission is to spread the praise of Our Lord, and the warmth of His light,such that those who were lost are found again.And those that are yet lost will be found, and one over to the ways of Jesus Christ,through our efforts and through our passion.
Our mission is to meet, and to meet frequently,and to have an experience of worship that is exciting and electrifying every time we meet. And we would worship Our Lord with everything we have,and praise Him with the highest of praises in everything that we do.
“Through Him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God,that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge His name.” – Hebrews 13:15
The Temple Of Blessings Family Worship Center has a mission, and it is to praise the Lord’s name so that it rings loud in all corners of the Earth.
Our Vision
The Dream is of a Community – A Community of Jesus Christ’s Disciples, From All Cultural and Ethnic Backgrounds, From All Walks of Life: Individuals and Families, The Fortunate and the Unfortunate – A Community Living Together in Love, Harmony, Physical and Spiritual Health, and Prosperity!
The Temple of Blessings Family Worship Center aims to be a multi-cultural church,reaching out to millions of people,just like Jesus envisioned.
“And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham,Isaac,and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.” – Matthew 8:11(NKJV)
We will use various mediums, such as radio,television, social media, online and offline marketing to reach out to millions around the world, and to disciple thousands of new believers from amongst them to Jesus Christ.
The dream is to establish churches around our fair city of New York, and across the length and the breadth of the United States. Various Mission Ministries will be founded as well, and they will be built upon the rock, so as to endure and to sustain.
The dream is to establish a community that is at peace and is harmonious. The community will prosper through the love of man for another and through the love of God for all mankind, in health and in brotherhood.
The dream is to establish Christian Educational Centers-Pre-School through High School- to further education. We will build scholarship funds that reward the community’s youth with full college tuitions. We also aim to create an institute that teaches entrepreneurship to our members so they can help themselves and be self-reliant.
We will open various businesses in each of our communities. These businesses will,in turn provide employment to the members of our church and to others as well, thus helping their communities grow and prosper.
The dream is to begin a variety of community initiatives, and to inspire such through example. These initiatives will feed the hungry and clothe the needy, promote literacy, and help the local community in a range of other ways. We will also host job placement campaigns to help the members of our church find employment so they can feed their families and provide them with shelter.
“And I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.” -2 Corinthians 6:18
The Temple Of Blessings Family Worship Center helps build strong and prosperous families, all part of one true global Christian family of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
What We Believe
Our Church and its members hold these theological convictions:
God
1. We believe in one God, Creator of all things, holy, infinitely perfect, and eternally existing in a loving unity of three equally divine Persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Having limitless knowledge and sovereign power, God has graciously purposed from eternity to redeem a people for Himself and to make all things new for His own glory.
The Bible
2. We believe that God has spoken in the Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, through the words of human authors. As the verbally inspired Word of God, the Bible is without error in the original writings, the complete revelation of His will for salvation, and the ultimate authority by which every realm of human knowledge and endeavor should be judged. Therefore, it is to be believed in all that it teaches, obeyed in all that it requires, and trusted in all that it promises.
The Human Condition
3. We believe that God created Adam and Eve in His image, but they sinned when tempted by Satan. In union with Adam, human beings are sinners by nature and by choice, alienated from God, and under His wrath. Only through God’s saving work in Jesus Christ can we be rescued, reconciled and renewed.
Jesus Christ
4. We believe that Jesus Christ is God incarnate, fully God and fully man, one Person in two natures. Jesus-Israel’s promised Messiah-was conceived through the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He lived a sinless life, was crucified under Pontius Pilate, arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father as our High Priest and Advocate.
The Work of Christ
5. We believe that Jesus Christ, as our representative and substitute, shed His blood on the cross as the perfect, all-sufficient sacrifice for our sins. His atoning death and victorious resurrection constitute the only ground for salvation.
The Holy Spirit
6. We believe that the Holy Spirit, in all that He does, glorifies the Lord Jesus Christ. He convicts the world of its guilt. He regenerates sinners, and in Him they are baptized into union with Christ and adopted as heirs in the family of God. He also indwells, illuminates, guides, equips and empowers believers for Christ-like living and service.
The Church
7. We believe that the true church comprises all who have been justified by God’s grace through faith alone in Christ alone. They are united by the Holy Spirit in the body of Christ, of which He is the Head. The true church is manifest in local churches, whose membership should be composed only of believers. The Lord Jesus mandated two ordinances, baptism and the Lord’s Supper, which visibly and tangibly express the gospel. Though they are not the means of salvation, when celebrated by the church in genuine faith, these ordinances confirm and nourish the believer.
Christian Living
8. We believe that God’s justifying grace must not be separated from His sanctifying power and purpose. God commands us to love Him supremely and others sacrificially, and to live out our faith with care for one another, compassion toward the poor and justice for the oppressed. With God’s Word, the Spirit’s power, and fervent prayer in Christ’s name, we are to combat the spiritual forces of evil. In obedience to Christ’s commission, we are to make disciples among all people, always bearing witness to the gospel in word and deed.
Christ’s Return
9. We believe in the personal, bodily and premillennial return of our Lord Jesus Christ. The coming of Christ, at a time known only to God, demands constant expectancy and, as our blessed hope, motivates the believer to godly living, sacrificial service and energetic mission.
Response and Eternal Destiny
10. We believe that God commands everyone everywhere to believe the gospel by turning to Him in repentance and receiving the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe that God will raise the dead bodily and judge the world, assigning the unbeliever to condemnation and eternal conscious punishment and the believer to eternal blessedness and joy with the Lord in the new heaven and the new earth, to the praise of His glorious grace.
Amen.
Contact
Temple Of Blessings
1231 Eastern Pkwy,
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Phone: 631-205-6293
