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The village center was designed by Reston's master planner and architect James Rossant of New York City for Robert E. Simon and built 1963–67. At the time it was considered a showcase of modern community planning; architecturally, it is composed mainly of modestly scaled Brutalist structures, including residential townhouses, mixed commercial ...
The BGAV joined the Baptist World Alliance in 2004 after the Southern Baptist Convention pulled out of the alliance. [6] At the time, BGAV Executive Director John V. Upton, Jr., said, "Virginia Baptists have been a part of the BWA since its beginning in 1905. Our membership up to this point had been through the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC).
It is supportive of the national Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). It was formed in 1993 when conservative Virginia Baptists across the state founded the SBCV fellowship. On September 16, 1996, messengers that met at Grove Avenue Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia, voted for the fellowship to become a new Southern Baptist state convention.
Leonard N. Smith (born October 4, 1961 – February 20, 2022) was the senior pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Arlington, Virginia, with a congregation exceeding 2,000. [1] Mount Zion Baptist Church, founded in 1866, is the oldest Black congregation in Arlington, Virginia.
Welcome to Gum Springs. Gum Springs is a community in Fairfax County in Hybla Valley along Route 1 (Richmond Highway). The African American community, the oldest in the county, [1] was established in 1833 by West Ford, a freedman who had been manumitted by Hannah Bushrod Washington (widow of John Augustine Washington), in 1805.
Reston, Virginia – Racial and Ethnic Composition (NH = Non-Hispanic) Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity Pop 1980 [33] Pop 2000 [34] Pop 2010 [35] Pop 2020 [36 ...
Mortgage rates stalled an upward rise this week as financial markets adjusted to a second Trump presidency. The average 30-year mortgage rate was essentially unchanged at 6.78% for the week ...
1972 (exact date unknown) Cartersville Baptist Church, in Reston, Virginia, was burned, causing the main church to fall into the basement. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] 1974 June 30 At Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta , Georgia, Alberta Williams King , mother of Martin Luther King Jr. , and Edward Boykin were killed by a man who had determined that "black ...