In a storefront building owned by Bessie Fentress, Ms. Belushi, Mother Louellen Railback and a few other mothers who lived nearby held a children’s ministry. Meanwhile at Independent Baptist Church a deacon emerged being called to the ministry under the guidance of the late Rev. Aaron Moody. John L. Railback being licensed and ordained by Rev. Moody became an Associate Minister at Independent. As Ms. Belushi’s health began to fail, she removed herself from the children’s ministry, but the other mothers, who realized this area was a hotbed for youth ministries and did not want to see it diminish, had another idea.

At the urging of these ladies and a few others, some of whom were members of Independent Baptist Church, Rev. Railback was encouraged to form a church at the location of the children’s ministry.Rev. Railback along with seven other charter members (Samuel Railback, Louellen Railback, Alice Duell, Bernice Haymond, Bishop Harris, Purdy Lowe, Beatrice Martin) sought to make this idea of a church into a real church.

Rev. Railback’s uncle, who attended True Faith Missionary Baptist Church in Compton, CA, helped to find the group a pastor to establish them as a “Baptist Mission.” Rev. Wade, pastor of True Faith, officially formulated this missionary band of eight individuals into a church with Rev. John L. Railback as pastor.At an early meeting for the church in the home of Samuel and Louellen Railback, the group accepted Mother Duell’s recommendation for the name: “Rose of Sharon Missionary Baptist Church.”