Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC) is a US faith-based organization which focuses on upholding the historic Baptist principle of religious liberty.. With a staff of attorneys, public intellectuals, ministers and mobilizers, the Washington D.C.–based non-profit has a long history of advocating in the U.S. Supreme Court and working with Congress on issues relating to ...
Rev. Moses W. D. Norman (c. 1913)Rev. Henry Bailey, [1] with ten original members, founded the Fourth Baptist Church in 1864. According to John Wesley Cromwell, the Fourth Baptist Church of Washington D.C., later renamed the Metropolitan Baptist Church, was organized under the guidance of the First Colored Baptist Church of Washington, D.C. which was later renamed the Nineteenth Street Baptist ...
The First Baptist Church treats me just the way I want to be treated." After two pre-inaugural services at First Baptist, President Carter joined the church on the first Sunday of his presidency, Jan. 23, 1977, along with his wife Rosalynn and his son Chip. Daughter Amy, age 9, was baptized at the church Feb. 6, 1977.
The Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, located on 16th Street, NW, is considered to be the first and oldest Baptist, black congregation in Washington, D.C. [3] Since its founding in 1839, the church has figured prominently within the historical and social fabric of Washington, D.C.'s African American community.
Capitol Hill Baptist Church is a Baptist church located on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., six blocks from the United States Capitol. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention . Mark Dever serves as the senior pastor of the church, where he also runs his ministry 9Marks teaching principles of "healthy church" practices.
Calvary Baptist Church is a Baptist church located in the Chinatown neighborhood in Washington, D.C. affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America, the Alliance of Baptists, the District of Columbia Baptist Convention, [1] [2] and the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists.
The organization traces its founding to 1801 with the establishment of First Baptist Church in Washington DC. [2] The first predecessor group to the DCBC was formed on November 26, 1877, as the Columbia Association of Baptist Churches. [2] Before May 2018, the DCBC was also affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC).
Second Baptist Church is a historic church located at 816 3rd Street NW in the Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The congregation is a member of the District of Columbia Baptist Convention. It was built in 1894 and designed by Appleton P. Clark, Jr. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. [2]