Praise the Lord! I got saved at Greater Bethany under the dear Pastor Bishop McMurray's ministry. Oh man, saw Sister McMurray on this video and many other old time friends. This gives me Holy Ghost shivers hearing this song. Like it was yesterday when I attended. I got Baptized there 12-1-74 and received the Holy Ghost speaking in tongues on 1-28-75. The praise service and word of God that went forth was always dynamic and annointed by God!
Man coming across these videos makes me feel a kind of way. I grew up in that church, grew up with his grandchildren (still close to this day), remember his funeral and being so sad. I miss this era of church. We had, structure, foundation and community. I’m glad I grew up in this era but said my daughter won’t experience the same.
I grew up in this church Bishop McMurray baptized me when I was a child..My daddy also grew up in Greater Bethany AKA City of Refugee.. I remember when Bishop Noel Jones would come and preacher . I could never imagine that he would turn Greater Bethany into a mega church.The Lord works in mysterious ways.
Wow, I'm SO glad this is on the web. I'm 42 years old, and my earliest childhood memory of church is sitting there watching that man (I didn't know how he was yet) singing, "you take one step and He'll take two." My father, Thomas Alexander (he's now a District Elder), was the choir director who first taught the song "Trust Him" to the choir at Bethany. Originally his brother, Arling Alexander, sang the lead to it, and Eld. McMurray fell in love with the song and adopted it.
Hi Joan, this is Stratton Barbee. I was pleasantly surprised to see that you were the first person to comment on this video. Small world. But, I had no idea that your dad, Pastor Alexander, was a choir director. Cool story. This song is kind oficonic, as well as the entire scene. It almost seems like a movie or a documentary. But, it's as real and authentic as it gets which makes it that much more special.
He's my rock my sword my shield. He's my wheel in the middle of the wheel. I know He can and He will. Fight my battles if I just keep still. Trust.Him 6x oh yes He's All RIght. One Thing I KNOW the MAN's ALL RIGHT! Oh Yes He's All RIght 3x Walk right by me day night. We''llsee what God can do. You take one step and He'll take two. I know He can and I know He will FIght my battles if I just keep still He's All right. Trust Him. - One Thing I Know THE MAN'S ALL RIGHT!
The words flow like this - "Walks right by me day and night - no secret what God can do." It stands to reason since the bulk of the song is portions of scripture, this line would follow suit. "We'll see what God can do?" Yeah, No! LOL!
I have family that used to attend this church in the late 80's early 90's. We had soo many tapes from this church it was almost like we attended there too. Bishop McMurray was a great man of God! :)
Gee, I remember those days. I was the announcer/radio announcer there at Bethany for about 16 years and would introduce our dear Pastor whom I so miss! It was a honor and a privledge to be saved under his ministry. I wish I could locate Ernest Collins, my then boyfriend back in the 70's who introduced me to church and to Christ. Thank you Ernest for being a huge pivotal part of my life and bringing me to Christ.
Does anyone remember when Keith pringle was Minister of music at Greater Bethany before he left and went over to be Minister of music for James Cleveland at Cornerstone Institutional Bapt.church over on Slauson& Western Ave. in Los Angeles,Ca?
WOW...brings back a lot of GREAT memories. I grew up at Bethany...now a member of City of refuge...Long live Bishop !!! to bad know one at the City knows the history of the Church
I grew up in bethlehem Temple a great church that i love but everybody in cali in the PAW knew that Bishop Mcmurray and Greater Bethany was headquarters!!!!
Awesome man of God. They don't make em like this anymore..LOL.. Love my Bishop. Thank God for my foundation at GBCC. Thank God for my Dad Deacon Chairman Joe Edwards. A Great Man of God.
Sorry, to hear about your dad's passing. Deacon Edwards, some years now. I lost my dad two years ago. I can still hear his hearty laugh he had. But, Deacon Edwards, was at City of Refuge w/Bishop Noel Jones. I was a member at COR, that church for four years or so. I remember Deacon Edwards always humble, kind & soft spoken. May our earthly father's Rest in Peace with our Heavenly Father. ~Sister Royal
sure do miss bishop, He bishop ellis were friends I rememeber he preached ' we are of the believing kind' quoting the scripture now this is the victory that overcometh the world even our faith. Wish i could find that tape it was way b4 we had cds lol when church tapes were $5.00 lol those were the good ole scantified days
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!! What memories! I miss Bishop McMurry and the way he used to change the ending every time, "I Robert W. McMurray, married to Janet" lol.
One thing I know I’m grandparents to well my father isn’t saved and he got the Holy Ghost on when he was 21. Lord reminded him that you are stronger . Remind him that he’s an adult he needs to take responsibility God thank you know for the blessing but I ask for you to cover me. I see the devil and I’m not afraid Love guard my mind Don’t let the devil thing for one second the pain of my father is my problem Lord I thank you for you saving power and God you said you have never seen the righteous for saken God in him who I will always trust God you look high and cover us in the time of need. God be a guard Be with us and show up Give us strength Love us for we are don’t let people make us feel unloved Earth is lords and the Fullness there of In Jesus name I thank you lord
you can call and ask our pastor im not sure because i didnt grow up in cali but pastor jd white can definately tell you he often tells us about things that happened at greater bethany
@leslieberger My dear sister, I just found info online that there will be a Greater Bethany Community Church's family reunion of church members from the 1940s to the present. There will be a family picnic, Saturday, September 4-5, 2010, from noon to 5 p.m. at Dolphin Park, 21205 Water St, Carson, CA. The reunion will end with a celebration service at 7:30 p.m., on September 5, 2010, at the City of Refuge,
Not true for every church. My church is awesome. We had a baptism today. We baptize. My pastor ministers to my soul and we have great music and the word. I love my church.
I'm sorry, Benji Banks is a friend of mine that I must have left my screen name logged in under his computer, I'll tell him your reply though. I, Andre Berry, am the real owner of this screen name.
Jorge Fisher . This the original building Bethany Community Church (PAW)was at 8406 south hoover ave in south central LA, Bishop McMurray passed in 1994 he was succeeded by Bishop Noel Jones, it is now called City of Refuge in Gardena California
I grieve for the way we used to have church back in the day when we had true POWER
Yess, it's so sad now
It needs to return.
bring tears, no more real church, with holiness being preached, miss you Bishop, we'll meet again real soon
Every morning when i wake up the first thing i do is thank God for giving me another day and listen to this song because i do trust him ❤❤❤❤
Been listening to this all week. It has truly kept me encouraged.
Praise the Lord! I got saved at Greater Bethany under the dear Pastor Bishop McMurray's ministry. Oh man, saw Sister McMurray on this video and many other old time friends. This gives me Holy Ghost shivers hearing this song. Like it was yesterday when I attended. I got Baptized there 12-1-74 and received the Holy Ghost speaking in tongues on 1-28-75. The praise service and word of God that went forth was always dynamic and annointed by God!
Man coming across these videos makes me feel a kind of way. I grew up in that church, grew up with his grandchildren (still close to this day), remember his funeral and being so sad. I miss this era of church. We had, structure, foundation and community. I’m glad I grew up in this era but said my daughter won’t experience the same.
I love the mother at :23 with the tambourine. So classic.
Beautiful sight, don't see much of it nowadays.
I L-O-V-E this song and Bishop McMurray singing it. Remembering when our church used to visit on Hoover, 🙌🏽👏🏽🥰🙏🏽
This man this church and all the members, I miss so much, the 80s here where so fun
it looks like their were a lot of healing and deliverence in this church my Lord, God is REAL people praise his Holy name amen
I grew up in this church Bishop McMurray baptized me when I was a child..My daddy also grew up in Greater Bethany AKA City of Refugee.. I remember when Bishop Noel Jones would come and preacher . I could never imagine that he would turn Greater Bethany into a mega church.The Lord works in mysterious ways.
A staple in my childhood...there was nothing like the old school PAW
🔥🔥🔥🔥FIRE!!!!!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥
Holy Ghost!!!!!!!! POWER!!!!!
Trust Him 🙏🏾🥰✊🏽
Wow, I'm SO glad this is on the web. I'm 42 years old, and my earliest childhood memory of church is sitting there watching that man (I didn't know how he was yet) singing, "you take one step and He'll take two."
My father, Thomas Alexander (he's now a District Elder), was the choir director who first taught the song "Trust Him" to the choir at Bethany. Originally his brother, Arling Alexander, sang the lead to it, and Eld. McMurray fell in love with the song and adopted it.
Hi Joan, this is Stratton Barbee. I was pleasantly surprised to see that you were the first person to comment on this video. Small world. But, I had no idea that your dad, Pastor Alexander, was a choir director. Cool story. This song is kind oficonic, as well as the entire scene. It almost seems like a movie or a documentary. But, it's as real and authentic as it gets which makes it that much more special.
Bishop was the man. Period!
ONE THING I KNOW
THE MAN IS ALRIGHT!!!
GETTIN IT!!
YEA THAT WAS MY PASTOR ASWELL, ONLY MEXICAN KID IN CHURCH!
I LOVE U ALL !!!
Now this is church!! aint nothing like good ol'fashion church
He's my rock my sword my shield. He's my wheel in the middle of the wheel. I know He can and He will. Fight my battles if I just keep still. Trust.Him 6x oh yes He's All RIght. One Thing I KNOW the MAN's ALL RIGHT! Oh Yes He's All RIght 3x Walk right by me day night. We''llsee what God can do. You take one step and He'll take two. I know He can and I know He will FIght my battles if I just keep still He's All right. Trust Him. - One Thing I Know THE MAN'S ALL RIGHT!
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The words flow like this - "Walks right by me day and night - no secret what God can do." It stands to reason since the bulk of the song is portions of scripture, this line would follow suit. "We'll see what God can do?" Yeah, No! LOL!
yes he's alright
I have family that used to attend this church in the late 80's early 90's. We had soo many tapes from this church it was almost like we attended there too. Bishop McMurray was a great man of God! :)
It would be GREAT/a BLESSING to us alllll if you could load all of those up to RUclips for us to enjoy! …That is, if you still have them.
In other words JESUS is the truth and the light.
Gee, I remember those days. I was the announcer/radio announcer there at Bethany for about 16 years and would introduce our dear Pastor whom I so miss! It was a honor and a privledge to be saved under his ministry. I wish I could locate Ernest Collins, my then boyfriend back in the 70's who introduced me to church and to Christ. Thank you Ernest for being a huge pivotal part of my life and bringing me to Christ.
leslieberger , wonderful history , please share more if you can
Hi leslie this is Wesley
Does anyone remember when Keith pringle was Minister of music at Greater Bethany before he left and went over to be Minister of music for James Cleveland at
Cornerstone Institutional Bapt.church over on Slauson& Western Ave. in Los Angeles,Ca?
TRUST HIM!!!!!!!!
The kind of church that made you feel like making it through the week. Or, at least till Wednesday night. You know what happens then.
WOW...brings back a lot of GREAT memories. I grew up at Bethany...now a member of City of refuge...Long live Bishop !!! to bad know one at the City knows the history of the Church
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart. Trust Him.
McMurray is one of many Gansters for Christ 💪🏾
Man I miss my Pastor.....
Khristian Alexander i
Khristian Alexander ditto
Asher would love this song
Only God is the one who can save them, let lord fight for you.
That's my father in the gospel. Love you Bishop
this song was originally song by James Cleveland. It became Bishop MacMurray's signature song.
TRUST HIM WITH ALL YOU HAVE!!!!
Love this songs helps me thru those tough days.
THANK YOU GOD FOR BISHOP MCMURRAY WE LOVE HIM.
Lord... I miss my Bishop.
I grew up in bethlehem Temple a great church that i love but everybody in cali in the PAW knew that Bishop Mcmurray and Greater Bethany was headquarters!!!!
Yup! Loved Bishop Smith (grew up at Bethlehem as well), but Greater Bethany was IT!
Love you Bishop 💪 🙏
Awesome man of God. They don't make em like this anymore..LOL.. Love my Bishop. Thank God for my foundation at GBCC. Thank God for my Dad Deacon Chairman Joe Edwards. A Great Man of God.
Sorry, to hear about your dad's passing. Deacon Edwards, some years now. I lost my dad two years ago. I can still hear his hearty laugh he had. But, Deacon Edwards, was at City of Refuge w/Bishop Noel Jones. I was a member at COR, that church for four years or so. I remember Deacon Edwards always humble, kind & soft spoken. May our earthly father's Rest in Peace with our Heavenly Father. ~Sister Royal
sure do miss bishop, He bishop ellis were friends I rememeber he preached ' we are of the believing kind' quoting the scripture now this is the victory that overcometh the world even our faith. Wish i could find that tape it was way b4 we had cds lol when church tapes were $5.00 lol those were the good ole scantified days
God we thank you ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!! What memories! I miss Bishop McMurry and the way he used to change the ending every time, "I Robert W. McMurray, married to Janet" lol.
WOW! I thought James Cleveland had the best version of this song. Thanks for proving me wrong!
One thing I know I’m grandparents to well my father isn’t saved and he got the Holy Ghost on when he was 21.
Lord reminded him that you are stronger . Remind him that he’s an adult he needs to take responsibility
God thank you know for the blessing but I ask for you to cover me. I see the devil and I’m not afraid
Love guard my mind
Don’t let the devil thing for one second the pain of my father is my problem
Lord I thank you for you saving power and God you said you have never seen the righteous for saken
God in him who I will always trust
God you look high and cover us in the time of need.
God be a guard
Be with us and show up
Give us strength
Love us for we are don’t let people make us feel unloved
Earth is lords and the Fullness there of
In Jesus name
I thank you lord
i miss him so much, love him more than any man i know
I miss these leaders
Wow...great song and memory of Bishop...Thanks for sharing this, because someone will be encouraged to TRUST HIM...
Keep him in sight ✌🏾
THANK YOU JESUS!
Good song
Amen! He's Alright
Wow! This is a awesome song.
Tears...but He's still alright and all right!
I miss him...
Always😊
THE MAN IS ALRIGHT
True Classic!!
I remember this time
Boy! Grandma gettin' it on the tamborine at 0:22! Goin' and praise him grannie! hahahaha
The Mans all right
That Sunday Night Radio Broadcast! - 1580 K-Day A.M. on your stereo! lol
ONE THING I KNOW THE MAN IS ALRIGHT !!!
trust him...this great
Finally somebody said it out loud....
awesome
you can call and ask our pastor im not sure because i didnt grow up in cali but pastor jd white can definately tell you he often tells us about things that happened at greater bethany
@leslieberger My dear sister, I just found info online that there will be a Greater Bethany Community Church's family reunion of church members from the 1940s to the present. There will be a family picnic, Saturday, September 4-5, 2010, from noon to 5 p.m. at Dolphin Park, 21205 Water St, Carson, CA. The reunion will end with a celebration service at 7:30 p.m., on September 5, 2010, at the City of Refuge,
CHURCHY
His my rock
Not true for every church. My church is awesome. We had a baptism today. We baptize. My pastor ministers to my soul and we have great music and the word. I love my church.
one thing i know the man`s alright.
P.A.W
I remember you...
No, I don't even go to Greater Faith, nor am I under the Shield of Faith.
Lord help me not to …. Jesus 😑🔥
Matthew 7:1
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Come on choir
🏆🍵🎵🎤📀 my wonderful ledger n
My pastor wonderful league of GOD
Why does Bishop Mcmurray remind me of the grandfather from the cosby show! LOL
city of refuge what city alpha...
Thanks!!!!! :-)
You would Herman Murray of Full Gospel Holy Temple. His name is McMurray
does anyone know the lyrics to this song?
What is he saying at 1:48? All about ___ time??
Appointed time! Miss you Bishop💖
doe s any one know where i can buy this whole video?
Who is this this is Vincent Jackson the drummer
@@TheGreatReturnbyAzariyah I remember that, as I was there. Written by Viola Kinslow. So is this Larry (Bubba) Griffin?
do anybody know the words please let me know thank u
Do you or your uncle know when Greater Bethany was founded?
Lollll
What year was this
Probably the mid-80s.
I'm sorry, Benji Banks is a friend of mine that I must have left my screen name logged in under his computer, I'll tell him your reply though. I, Andre Berry, am the real owner of this screen name.
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where is this church
Jorge Fisher . This the original building Bethany Community Church (PAW)was at 8406 south hoover ave in south central LA, Bishop McMurray passed in 1994 he was succeeded by Bishop Noel Jones, it is now called City of Refuge in Gardena California
thats not true for every church!lol