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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.
Mount Zion Baptist Church Stained glass. 1872 – A small group of Black Athenians gather for religious services at the home of Joseph and Henrietta Miller. 1876 – Services held in a wood-framed single-room church on Lancaster Street. 1885 – Baptisms take place in the Hocking River before the new church building is constructed.
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Adams likes to joke that she’s been around Zion Baptist Church “for 1,000 years,” but Zion’s legacy in Louisville only stretches back to 1877, about 57 years before Adams was born.
Mount Zion is a historic Baptist church located at Charlottesville, Virginia. Although the current Mount Zion Baptist Church has only been in existence since 1884, the roots of the church are much deeper. The church began with a petition in 1864 to separate from the segregated white Baptist church, and the congregation was officially organized ...
Zion Baptist Church is located at 2215 Grant Street in the Near North Side neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska The congregation is among the oldest in Nebraska, and has been instrumental for responding to much of the racial tension in Omaha .
On Lucina's headstone it reads that she was a "longtime member of the Old School Baptist Church." Immediately outside the cemetery gate is a monument to a battle correspondent who died in the church/hospital after falling from his horse while covering a cavalry engagement in nearby Aldie .
He also joined Mount Zion Baptist Church in 1903 and held various roles such as Sunday School superintendent, choir member and deacon. [36] Rev. Green was called to ministry and served as the seventh senior pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church from 1914 until he passed in 1950. [2] Rev.