Florida Avenue Baptist Church, Washington, D.C.
Florida Avenue Baptist Church is a Baptist church located in Washington, DC 20001 in the neighborhood of LeDroit Park near Howard University, and adjacent to the historic Howard Theatre The Howard Theatre is a historic theater, located at 620 T Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C. Opened in 1910, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. In its heyday, the theater was known for catering to an African-A .... The Reverend Dr. Earl D. Trent, Jr. has served as the church's Senior Pastor since 1995. History The church was founded in 1912, after a group of 23 people who decided to withdraw their membership from the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church after a series of events in 1910 and 1911. These 23 people, who named themselves "The Excelsior Circle," took turns meeting at each other's houses until on July 12, 1912, they decided to meet at was then known as Winslow's Hall between 12th & R Streets N.W. and formally organize their own church. In 2011, ...
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Florida Avenue Baptist Church DC
Florida is a U.S. state, state located in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida and Cuba; it is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Spanning , Florida ranks 22nd in area among the 50 states, and with a population of over 21 million, it is the List of states and territories of the United States by population, third-most populous. The state capital is Tallahassee, Florida, Tallahassee, and the most populous city is Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville. The Miami metropolitan area, with a population of almost 6.2 million, is the most populous urban area in Florida and the List of metropolitan statistical areas, ninth-most populous in the United States; other urban conurbations with over on ...
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