Hmong First Baptist of Milwaukee

History

History of the Hmong First Baptist church of Milwaukee,Wisconsin

How it all began

In July 1981, Nengmay, Cherkao, and Sayvang's families moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin from Little Rock, Arkansas. Shortly after arriving to the city, they were contacted by Doctor Michael Brown, Director of Mission of Lakeland Baptist Association (LBA). Not long afterward, they decided to join the Northwest Baptist Church congregation.

How it grew

A few months later, Northwest was filled with a number of other Hmong families in the Milwaukee area. There was a concern for older men and women who do not understand english, let alone, speak it. With increasing hmong members and a need to preach the gospel in hmong, Pastor Thomas Biles was inspired to start a Hmong Mission work and break the Sunday worship into two sessions. The Hmong session started early in the morning with Pastor Tom Biles giving the sermon and Pastor Nengmay translating into hmong. Steve Biles and Mark Schneider taught Sunday School classes and led the worship hymnal. We are indebted to Pastor Tom Biles and the Northwest Baptist congregation for their time and effort in teaching and helping our hmong members to learn about God week after week year after year.

Pastor Nengmay completed his studies from Lakeland Baptist and was ordained as Pastor and became a full time Pastor.

By the grace of God, more Hmong people are hearing about the church. The members grew steadily. On March 23, 1985, Pastor Nenmay and Northwest Baptist Church etablished and constituted the Hmong First Baptist Church of Milwaukee.