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Known as the oasis in the middle of Harvey. Mount Olive Baptist Church is pastored by Pastor Ricky Johnson. Mount Olive is not just a up and coming church...it has history behind it. Lots of history. There’s truly a wealth of knowledge and there’s also some traditions. The late great, Pastor Johnson, Pastor Ricky Johnson’s father actually trained many ministers and was noted as “the dean of the Westbank” Pastor Ricky Johnson’s father, (Pastor Johnson) had full life and pastored for more than 40 years. Pastor Ricky Johnson pastored along side him for the last 10 years of his father’s life. His father passed away at the age of 93. The church Moved to its new location, 1701 Estalote in Harvey) during 2010. We have a wide age range of members. Our congregation consist of a variety of ages. We have lots of young people, middle ages and old school traditionalist too. Some of the things we do are outside of the box. We have annual events like, the Blessing of the Bikes, Car Shows, Family & Friend Day, etc. I love cars and motorbikes as I’ve done some work on cars. Our family and friend day is every fourth Sunday in May. 12 Exxpose Magazine Exxpose Magazine 13