80th Anniversary Banquet
BMBC Celebrates 80 Years of Service in the Community 1945—2025
Abraham Henry Newman Christian Education Wing unveiled March, 2025 as part of BMBC’s February, 2025 Black History Month Celebration.
BMBC CELEBRATES WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 2025
During Morning Worship Service on Sunday, March 16, 2025, Pastor Carole McKindley presented the BMBC women whose Community Advocacy work promises hope and justice for all people. The honorees:
- Reverend Diana Becton Bernstine
- Carole Johnson
- Minister DeWanda Joseph
- Domonique Ousborn
- Estelle Paysinger-Hill
- Glenda Roberts
Pictured left to right: Pastor Carole McKindley-Alvarez, Carole Johnson, Domonique Ousborn,
Glenda Roberts & Reverend Diana Becton Bernstine
Not pictured: Minister DeWanda Joseph & Estelle Paysinger-Hill
One of the honorees, Reverend Diana Becton Bernstine who is the Contra Costa County District Attorney,
was also the morning preacher. Her topic was the Midwife Dilemma, scripture: Exodus 1:15-21. The main
idea: God empowers the marginalized to resist oppression and be agents of liberation.
The Mid-Wives, Shiphrah and Puah, approached the mid-wife dilemma by choosing:
- Life—they did not deny who they were
- Faith—they did not deny whose they were
- Acted Collectively—they did not deny the sisterhood
There was a call to action for all women to “Get into formation!”