Parishioners from First United Methodist, Soldiers Memorial AME Zion, Gethsemane Missionary Baptist, First Presbyterian and Trinity Presbyterian churches will hold a groundbreaking ceremony Sunday for the houses they hope to finish by the end of July.

The homes will be the first built in Habitat’s new Forest Creek subdivision on Ryan Street in Salisbury.

Coleman Emerson, executive director for Rowan’s Habitat, says sponsorships like this one are what the ecumenical Christian organization is all about.

‘‘These are all people working together to build homes for people and better our community. This is about people from various walks of life in our county coming together to work in equal partnership, sharing an experience to help other people,’’ Emerson said.

Other groups of churches have built Habitat homes in the past, which encourages other congregations.

‘‘The experience was so positive with our members, the natural thing was to partner up with other churches,’’ said Ned Story, project leader for First Presbyterian.

Story says the idea is that the churches will work, fellowship and eat together during the work days, which are scheduled for Thursdays and Saturdays.

‘‘We want to get to know them and to know one another better. What we are hoping is this will not only be another positive experience for our churches, but to get others involved to help Habitat fill that development and inspire others to share our joy to put together a nice neighborhood of homes for families,’’ he said. ‘‘It’s a wonderful project. We got good folks and couldn’t be successful without them.’’

Trinity Presbyterian’s Rev. George Hunter says Habitat is a great organization to endorse and though this is his church’s first time, he hopes they can continue to help Habitat build homes.

‘‘It’s a worthwhile Christian thing to do,’’ said Hunter. ‘‘Habitat for Humanity helps those who may not otherwise be able to own homes, including minority families. So I think minority churches should become involved.’’