Founded in 1958...
Rev. Gilbert L. Howe founded the church which
moved into the present location in 1964. Rev. Howe
passed away in 1969 and was succeeded by his son and
son-in-law who continued the work as co-pastors.
The building was purchased in 1976 and remodeled
into the present church structure where services are
conducted regularly. Rev. Joseph P. Howe
served as pastor until April of 2000.
Presently, Rev. Patrick Gerwitz is serving as Senior
Pastor.
We are always looking for people who are serious
about their walk with God. North Shore has always
had a strong heritage of preaching to the inner
man.
North Shore Baptist Church is the headquarters
church of WMAF, a ministry specializing in the
evangelizing and discipling of the militaries of the
world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
WMAF headquarters is co-located with NSBC. Rev.
Howe is the Director of Ministries for WMAF.
WMAF has an extended ministry to the militaries
of other nations and has ministry outreaches to
Korea, Philippines, Liberia, Romania, and Russia in
addition to the United States Armed Forces.
NSBC and WMAF locally serve the Great Lakes Naval
Training Center.
WMAF is also used of the Lord to provide a
newsletter called
The Defender.
It is a newsletter provided to servicemen around the
world as a means to minister to their unique
situation. To download the most recent copy visit
the website of WMAF.
Our Future...
Our current facilities have served our purposes
well. However, as demographics have changed,
and the need to be close the RTC is not as important
as it had been in the past, we feel the Lord is
leading us to consider a move. We are praying
that God would lead us to our new location and that
He will provide faithful saints who will labor with
us and support us in this endeavor.
