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Jackson heights, was commonly known for their Methodist nature. In the 1970's United Methodist Church was open to the public (high racial tolerance), ran by Rev. Austin Armistead. Rev. Armistead lead United Methodist Church from 1974 to 1995. Working over time, aimed to make the churches crowd grow. While working on crowd diversion to keep the community together. Rev. Armistead began his journey by participating in public speaking. Creating structure to have family a family based community in Staten Island, strengthening him for his place in the Community Church of Jackson Heights. After his acceptance, Rev. Armistead divided the church into four different ministries: Korean, Chinese, Spanish and English. Also basing them on language and cultural traditions.Upon on looking the church, you will see the a list of the four services. Prior to Armistead's arrival in 1974, the suggestion of the Spanish-Speaking service was rejected. In 1974, Armistead made the decision to remake the church, with a vision of mirroring the neighborhood. Though the thought wasn't openly accepted, it was not only able to only help the church. But it also allowed those in the neighborhood to inter ethnically transfer goods through one another. In 1989 the New York Times did a front page cover on the Community Churches diversity. Causing those who weren't appreciative of the switch to fall victim to the glorious switch. Following this, Armistead then opened up the 'common ground' for groups for gays and lesbians.