top of page
ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH LOGO 3ab.jpg
ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH LOGO 2ab.jpg
CALVIN O. BUTTS III 3ab.jpg
ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH LOGO 2ab.jpg
ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH LOGO 3ab.jpg

In Memory & Honor of

The Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III

July 19, 1949 – October 28, 2022

Beloved by The People . . . Dearly Beloved

by God . . . Now Returned to Eternity!

gold frame cross animation.gif
CALVIN O. BUTTS III 1ab.jpg

Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III

American academic administrator & Senior Pastor

of the Abyssinian Baptist Church, which

historically was the largest black church in New York City.

​

Dr. Butts led the Abyssinian Development Corporation,

which focuses on Harlem, and was president of the State

University of New York College at Old Westbury.

Learn more on the following web pages:

CALVIN O. BUTTS III 8ab.jpg
ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH LOGO 2ab.jpg
abyssinian baptist church 5ab.jpg
Abyssinian Development Corporation logo 1ab.png
Abyssinian Development Corporation 2ab.jfif
suny old westbury 4ab.jpg
suny old westbury 5ab.jpg
suny old westbury 6ab.jpg
suny old westbury 2ab.jpg

Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III

An Eternal Commitment to Faith, Family, Community &

Education . . .

CALVIN O. BUTTS III 2ab.webp

The Work Continues!

ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH LOGO 3ab.jpg
ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH LOGO 2ab.jpg
CALVIN O. BUTTS III 3ab.jpg
ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH LOGO 2ab.jpg
ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH LOGO 3ab.jpg

Words of Love from Children & Youth Who Knew Him Best!

CALVIN O. BUTTS III 4ab.jpg

Truly we consider ourselves blessed 

to have lived in the time of

Dr. Calvin O. Butts III

who truly loved us best! 

Some may say he was a bit gruff . . .

Sometimes even pointedly candid with

words that 'pinch & sting' oh so rough!

Oh so true - through and through!

DR. CALVIN O. BUTTS III

DID NO COWER!

WITH COURAGE HE PERSEVERED

BOLDLY TAKING ACTION THROUGH HIS YEARS: 

WITH SINCEREST

HONESTY . . . HE

SPOKE TRUTH TO POWER!

CALVIN O. BUTTS III 9ab.jpg

As he yet oversees and watch from above,

With "good works and stewardship" -

We shall labor in his Love!

Dr. Calvin O. Butts III:

Leader, Teacher,

Friend!  Of Our Beloved

Eternal Pastor . . . There is no end!

gold frame cross animation.gif
CALVIN O. BUTTS III 7ab.jfif

Many Thanks Dr. Calvin O. Butts III

Your "Pastoral Labor or Love" is permanently etched within

each of us with a lasting

imprint of 

your unyielding care for

our lives and future longevity!

Most Sincerely,

Your Abyssinian Baptist Church Family

The Family of The Beloved

Harlem Community

The Family of SUNY Old Westbury

The Family of Humanity Here at Home

in the U.S.A. & Around the World!

- EPACHA Foundation - 

-

ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH LOGO 3ab.jpg
ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH LOGO 2ab.jpg
CALVIN O. BUTTS III 3ab.jpg
ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH LOGO 2ab.jpg
ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH LOGO 3ab.jpg

-

Learn more about the Life & Legacy of

Dr. Calvin O. Butts III

on the following web pages:

Pastor, Husband, Father & Grandfather

Calvin O. Butts III and Wife Patricia 1ab.webp

Dr. Calvin O. Butts III & Beloved Wife, Patricia

-

CALVIN O. BUTTS III 10ab.jpg

-

ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH LOGO 3ab.jpg
ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH LOGO 2ab.jpg
CALVIN O. BUTTS III 3ab.jpg
ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH LOGO 2ab.jpg
ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH LOGO 3ab.jpg

-

Welcome!

Join us on Sundays . . .

gold frame cross animation.gif
CALVIN O. BUTTS III 11ab.jpg
gold frame cross animation.gif

-

ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH LOGO 3ab.jpg
ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH LOGO 2ab.jpg
CALVIN O. BUTTS III 3ab.jpg
ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH LOGO 2ab.jpg
ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH LOGO 3ab.jpg

-

If you’ve missed the work of EPACHA in its Phase I duration, please be encouraged to click on the below web links.

​

Sincerest Thanks are Extended to http://archive.org/web/ for having made possible an archived viewing of

 

EPACHA Foundation’s entire volume of its Phase I web pages:

https://web.archive.org/web/20180321225044/http://www.epacha.org/Pages/Home_Page_BkUp3.aspx

​

​

Complete List of EPACHA - Phase I web pages:

​

https://web.archive.org/web/20180321224129/http://www.epacha.org/Pages/Site_Map_List_of_EPACHAs_Web_Pages.aspx

​

​

​

​

N O V E M B E R   2 0 2 2

​

​

​

​

bottom of page