About Us
The Mount Vernon Seventh-day Adventist Church is a church that believes in Jesus, a church that loves God and people. Our church stretches beyond the four walls, and the community is our congregation. We serve in Mount Vernon, NY and its surrounding neighborhoods. Through prayer, the word, love, and service, we connect our church and community to Christ. When you come to The Mount, you can expect to be welcomed into a friendly, positive environment by people who are genuinely glad to see you. We meet every Saturday for Bible Lesson Study at 9:30am and for Worship at 11am.
Founded in 1939, Mount Vernon SDA Church is part of a worldwide organization with more than 15 million members in countries around the world.
What we Believe
God
Jesus
Holy Spirit
Our Pastors
Dr. Nicardo K. Delahaye
Senior PastorDr. Nicardo K. Delahaye is an ordained Seventh-day Adventist minister. He serves as the Associate Secretary of the Northeastern Conference located in Queens, NY and was the former pastor of the Faith Seventh-day Adventist Church in Hartford, CT. He was born in Jamaica and reared in Connecticut. He is a graduate of Oakwood University with a Bachelors degree in Theology and a Masters degree in Pastoral Studies.
Pastor Petrice A. Wideman
Assistant PastorPastor Petrice Wideman presently serves as the Assistant Pastor of Mt. Vernon Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Mt. Vernon, New York along with Senior Pastor Dr. Nicardo Delahaye. She returned home to the Northeastern Conference of Seventh-Adventists after completing a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) at the Andrews University Theological Seminary in Berrien Springs, Michigan. Previously, she served as the Administrative Pastor of One Place Fellowship on the campus of Andrews University from 2020-2022 and Creative Pastor from 2019-2020. During that time, she worked with a team of pastors to provide spiritual care and systematic study of scripture for the Andrews University community.
Prior to her Divinity studies, Pastor Wideman completed a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Communications with a concentration in Advocacy where she worked with community leaders and organizers to improve quality of life for underserved communities.
She is no stranger to ministry. Wideman is the daughter of pastor, evangelist and current president of the Atlantic Union Conference Dr. Pierre E. Omeler and the former Myra L. Norman where service and ministry was a central tenet of their home. She is also the proud mother of two beautiful daughters Joy and Destiny Wideman.
Pastor Wideman is a “person of the people”. Possessing a warm and personable personality, she takes pride in creating heart-felt and meaningful connections with others. She takes seriously her calling to serve all people- regardless of age, culture, or religious background. Wideman is also an ACPE trained Chaplain.
While Pastor Wideman is a person of many gifts and abilities, most of all, she is a humble servant of the Most High God and is passionate about spreading the love of Jesus and the good news of the gospel to all the world.
Pastor Wideman is no stranger to ministry. She is the daughter of pastor, evangelist and current president of the Atlantic Union Dr. Pierre E. Omeler and the former Myra L. Norman, where faith and ministry was a defining theme of their home.
Pastor Wideman is a “person of the people” who enjoys creating meaningful connections within the church and surrounding community and takes very seriously her calling to serve all those placed on her path- regardless of age, cultural heritage, and religious background. Pastor Wideman embraces an interactive leadership style, promoting, team leadership, and integrating traditional and innovative leadership methods to develop approaches and strategies that are most relevant to the congregation.
Pastor Wideman and the Wideman family are excited about joining the Mt. Vernon SDA Church family and working closely with the church and the Senior Pastor Dr. Delahaye to continue promoting the love and good news of Jesus Christ.
Our History
Our journey began in the fall of 1932. Thaddeus Wilson, Sr. a layman and local elder of the New Rochelle Seventh-day Adventist Church, purchased two thousand Present Truth tracks and invited James North, also a layman, to accompany him in a systematic distribution of the tracks in the Mount Vernon area. It was their wish to start a Bible class. They told the people to whom they gave the tracks that they were missionaries for God and they would be back the following Sunday with another tract. Their persistence paid off. A weekly Bible study class begun and in less than a month the interest and attendance had grown.
Thaddeus Wilson, Sr. and James North fasted and prayed that God would open a way for them to move forward with a self-supporting tent effort. Shortly after, a tent was purchased, which seated 120 people and was pitched at the corner of South Eighth Avenue and West Third Street on July 1933. For ten weeks, evangelistic meetings were held and the effort became a success. It created widespread interest among the communities in the Mount Vernon area and the news about it was also published in the local papers. As a result, nine individuals were baptized and the following year eight more persons.
The seventeen new believers from both efforts became members of the New Rochelle Church, and later formed the nucleus of the Mount Vernon Mission. During the Mission’s growth, the New Rochelle Church was very supportive. They gave their means and time to help the mission, and the work in Mount Vernon. In 1939, Elder Wilson, now an ordained minister, was made the pastor of the new congregation. In that year, the mission was organized into a church. This was a milestone in the history of the Mount Vernon Church.
Twenty-one pastors have shepherded this church starting with Elder Thaddeus Wilson, Sr. to our present Pastor Pierre Eddy Laguerre. The Mount Vernon Church has seen and experienced the goodness of the Lord over the years. To Him be the glory and the honor for ever and ever.