ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WDVM) — Behind the doors of Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia, members have been attending to worship since 1803. According to Deacon Alton Wallace, it was the only ...
On Sept. 15, a bright Saturday morning in Alexandria, Va., a crowd estimated at five dozen or more parishioners and supporters of Alfred Street Baptist Church attended a rally organized by the church, ...
Alfred Street Baptist Church has been an institution in Alexandria since it began as Colored Baptist Society at the time Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States. In the mid-1850s ...
Families attend the Annual HBCU Festival at The St. James in Virginia, gaining opportunities for college acceptance and ...
As Holy Week nears an end, many believers are looking forward to the holiest day on the Christian calendar this Easter Sunday. More than 70 percent of Americans identify as Christian, but less than a ...
Dr. Judy Fentress-Williams with Alfred Street Baptist Church is Alexandira, VA stops by Good Morning Washington. She is Senior Assistant under Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley and shares the impact of the ...
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture announced today that Alfred Street Baptist Church of Alexandria, Va., has donated $1 million to support the capital campaign ...
Students at Howard University currently have reason to run around the sanctuary praising God, because Alfred Street Baptist Church has raised $100,000 to pay off their student debt. Suggested Reading ...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (RNS) At Alfred Street Baptist Church, the pews start to fill more than half an hour before the service begins. White-uniformed ushers guide African-Americans of all ages to their ...