Pastor Alvin Newton, was saved in March 1964. At the time he served in the Caledonia Holiness Christian Church from 1964-1968.

He was a Founding member of the Bethune Avenue Holiness Christian Church, which opened in 1969. He served as Treasurer from 1973 to 1988.

Pastor Newton migrated to the United States in February 1988, and he served as a member of the Holiness Christian Church in Yonkers, New York until 1999.

In 1999, Pastor Newton began serving at the Holiness Christian Church of the Bronx, and was ordained as a Minister of the Gospel, in October 2000. At HCC he has served as a Sunday School teacher, Bible Study Leader, Assistant to the Pastor, and currently is serving in the capacity of Interim Pastor after the Founding Pastor fell ill in 2014. Pastor Newton has also served in the prison and nursing home ministries.

On a personal note, Pastor Newton was married in December 1970, and is a loving father of three children and four grandchildren.