About Our Pastor

The New Horizon Missionary Baptist Church was founded by our Pastor...Rev. Ronald D. Richardson in November of 1998.  Pastor Richardson was born and raised in Dallas, Texas.  He is the 5th child of 8 children.  He is a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School. He has been married to Jo Ann Nelloms-Richardson for 25 years and they have 3 beautiful daughters, Latrona (25), Rondria (21), and Ronni (16).  He preached his first sermon on May 29, 1994 at the Greater Mt. Everest M.B.C. under the leadership of Pastor Ocie Fuller Woods.  He graduated from Southern Bible Institute in May of 1998 and returned in August of 2008 as an advanced student and received his Associates Degree in Arts in Bible on May 3, 2009.  He is a member of the Oak Cliff Baptist Ministers Union (OCBMU) and the True Fellowship Missionary Baptist District Association (TFDA), where he serves as Assistant General Secretary/Treasurer, Ministers Conference Vice-President, Director of Evangelism, Committee Member, Nurses Guild Advisor, Jr. Mission Advisor, Director of Helping Hands. Pastor Richardson was selected as the Bi-Vocational Pastor of the month by the Oak Cliff Baptist Ministers Union in November of 2009 and he is also a two time recipient of the Dallas Police Department's "Shining Star Ethics Award" in March of 2009 and February of 2010. Pastor Richardson is an annointed man of God and has a love for people and he has GREAT faith in God and it shows in his daily life.

Church History

~CHURCH HISTORY~   IN NOVEMBER OF 1998 A VISION WAS GIVEN BY GOD TO PASTOR RICHARDSON TO ORGANIZE THE NEW HORIZON MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH.   A MEETING WAS HELD ON NOVEMBER 8, 1998 IN THE HOME OF PASTOR AND SIS. RICHARDSON. THERE WERE TEN MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE.   PASTOR RICHARDSON WENT OVER THE PROCESS OF ORGANIZING A CHURCH AND WE RESOLVED THAT THE CONGREGATION PRESENT WOULD ENTER INTO THE ORGANIZATION OF A CHURCH. THE RESOLUTION WAS READ AND ADOPTED.   ON DECEMBER 15, 1998 ANOTHER MEETING WAS HELD AND PASTOR WOODS SERVED AS THE MODERATOR AND THE NEW HORIZON MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH WAS OFFICIALLY ORGANIZED.   OUR FIRST TWO SERVICES WERE HELD AT 905 OAK FOREST IN THE HOME OF SIS. TAWANA RICHARDSON.   IN JANUARY 1999, WE WERE BLESSED WITH A BUILDING LOCATED AT 2316 S. DENLEY DR. WE HAD OUR INSTALLATION SERVICES THE THIRD WEEK OF JANUARY. WE WERE BLESSED BY THESE SERVICES BOTH SPIRITUALLY AND FINANCIALLY. THE CHURCH WAS FURNISHED WITH DONATIONS FROM PASTOR BECK AND THE JOURNEY BAPIST CHURCH, REV. ALBERT SNELL AND BAYLOR HOSPITAL.   WE WERE ALSO BLESSED TO PURCHASE A VERY SPECIAL VAN WHO THE CHILDREN NAMED “BIG RED” WHO SERVED US FAITHFULLY, BUT HAS NOW GONE ON TO VAN HEAVEN.   AS OUR MUSIC MINISTRY BEGAN, WE PURCHASE A SET OF BEAUTIFUL RED DRUMS WHICH WERE LATER STOLEN, BUT WE DID NOT LET THIS DISCOURAGE US, BECAUSE ROMANS 8:28 SAYS, “FOR WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF THEM WHO LOVE THE LORD AND ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE” AND WITH THAT IN MIND, WE KNEW GOD WAS WITH US FOR HE HAD A TWO-FOLD BLESSING IN STORE FOR US. NOT ONLY WOULD WE BE BLESSED WITH A MUSICIAN, BUT ONE THAT WAS A MEMBER AND PASTOR RICHARDSON’S VERY OWN DAUGHTER-RONDRIA RICHARDSON.   GOD CONTINUED TO BLESS THE MINISTRY, WE ORGANIZED THE DRILLTEAM, THE SMALL VOICES CHOIR AND ON JANUARY 7, 2001 SIS. CHAROLETTE BAYLESS WAS NAMED THE FIRST OFFICIAL USHER OF THE NEW HORIZON MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH AND PRESENTED WITH AN USHER BADGE BY PASTOR RICHARDSON. GOD HAS SINCE BLESSED US WITH MORE ADULT USHERS AND A JUNIOR USHER BOARD.   AS WE CONTINUED THE WORK GOD HAD FOR US AS A CHURCH, OUR MOTTO BEING “THE CHURCH THAT SERVES”, MEANT PEOPLE WERE EXPECTING US TO BE OF SOME SERVICE, BOTH SPIRITUALLY AND PHYSICALLY. IN AN ATTEMPT TO MINISTER TO THE WHOLE MAN WE WERE BLESSED WITH A GRANT FROM CHASE BANK THAT ALLOWED US TO BLESS THE COMMUNITY WITH NEW COATS, HATS, GLOVES, FOOD, FUN AND FELLOWSHIP. WE WERE ALSO BLESSED WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM LAKESIDE BAPTIST CHURCH TO FUND OUR CHRISTMAS TOY GIVEAWAY AND AGAIN WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THE WHOLE MAN BY OFFERING THE PLAN OF SALVATION.   IN 2002 GOD BLESSED US WITH AN ASSOCIATE MINISTER IN THE PERSON OF REV. EDDIE MASSEY, WHO ALSO SERVED AS THE SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.   IN APRIL OF 2003 WE WERE BLESSED TO PURCHASE ANOTHER VAN, WHICH WAS MUCH NEEDED TO TRANSPORT MEMBERS TO CHURCH SERVICES.   AS GOD BEGAN TO ADD TO THE CHURCH WE WERE ABLE TO DO MORE TO TELL OTHERS ABOUT HIM. IN EFFORT TO DO THAT WE OBTAINED A PERMIT TO HAVE A PARADE THAT TWO OF OUR SISTER CHURCHES PARTICIPATED IN WITH US AND WE MARCHED FOR JESUS SO THAT OTHERS WOULD KNOW THAT GOD IS YET ALIVE!   GOD CONTINUED TO BLESS US AND WE BEGAN A CAMPAIGN TO “ADVANCE THE ARMY” TO THE NEXT LEVEL. WE WERE OUTGROWING OUR SPACE AND WE NEEDED A NEW PLACE OF WORSHIP, SO WE BEGAN TO RAISE MONEY FOR OUR BUILDING FUND. WE HAD A SEED SOWING PROGRAM IN JUNE OF 2003, THIS EFFORT WAS SUCCESSFUL AND WE CONTINUED TO BUILD UP OUR BUILDING FUND UNTIL GOD SHOWED US WHERE OUR NEW HOME WOULD BE.   AS WE WAITED FOR GOD, OUR ORIGINAL CHURCH ANNIVERSARY DATE, WHICH WAS IN JANUARY, WAS APPROACHING AND GOD LAID ON PASTOR RICHARDSON’S HEART TO MOVE OUR ANNIVERSARY DATE TO JUNE, BELIEVING GOD WOULD SHOW US OUR NEW HOME BY THEN, AND TO GOD BE THE GLORY, HE DID JUST THAT, WHICH IS OUR PRESENT LOCATION 8108 MASK DR.   IN DECEMBER 2003 WE ORDAINED OUR FIRST DEACONS: DEC. DERRICK PARKER, DEC. MICHAEL WILLIAMS AND DEC. REGINALD HOLT, SR.   IN APRIL OF 2004 WE HAD OUR FIRST SON IN THE MINISTRY IN THE PERSON OF REV. REGINALD HOLT, SR.   GOD HAS CONTINUED TO BLESS US AND HAS KEPT HIS HAND ON US BY ALLOWING US TO ACTIVATE SEVERAL MINISTRIES IN AN EFFORT TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE.   IN 2006 WE HAD A “SABBATICAL YEAR”. THE PURPOSE WAS TO DEDICATE ALL OF OUR ENERGIES TOWARD STRENGTHING THE CHURCH AND EACH OTHER.   AS WE ENTERED INTO 2007, IT WAS LIKE STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN. WE FACED SEVERAL CHALLENGES BUT SINCE THIS MINISTRY IS BUILT ON THE SOLID ROCK, NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST US PROSPERED. WHEN OUR BACKS WERE AGAINST THE WALL, WE DIDN’T ABANDON THE SHIP AND GOD UNIFIED US AND TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF OTHERS TO HELP US WEATHER THE STORM.     AS WE LOOKED BACK OVER 2007 WE SAW THE ERROR OF OUR WAYS AS A CHURCH FAMILY AND GOD CHALLENGED US THROUGH PASTOR RICHARDSON TO “GET IT STRAIGHT IN 2008” AND THAT WAS OUR GOAL FOR THE YEAR.   ALTHOUGH WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY, WE HAVE BY NO MEANS ARRIVED, BUT WE ARE STRIVING DAILY TO “GET IT STRAIGHT” INDIVIDUALLY AND AS A CHURCH FAMILY BY THE TEACHING, PREACHING, AND STUDYING OF GOD’S WORD, AND WE WILL SUCCEED WITH THE HELP OF THE LORD BECAUSE “WE CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS US….PHIL.4:13”. WE ARE DOING FINE IN 2009 AND ALTHOUGH WE HAVE HAD MANY UPS AND DOWNS......WE CELEBRATED ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS IN OUR CHURCH HISTORY ON APRIL 4, 2009.......THE BURNING OF THE NOTE ON OUR CHURCH  AND PROPERTY!   ALTHOUGH THIS WAS A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT WE REALIZE THAT WE CAN NOT "PARK" HERE.  THEME FOR 2010 "NO PARKING" Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus! Phillipians 3:12-14