First Baptist Church of Glenarden International or FBCG is a
Baptist
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Evangelical
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megachurch located in
Upper Marlboro, Maryland. It is affiliated with
Converge. Weekly
church attendance was 12,000 people in 2022. The senior pastor is
John K. Jenkins Sr.. It is one of the largest, if not the largest church in the Washington DC metropolitan area.
History
The church has its origins in a 1917 house Bible study group led by Robert Warren and his wife. In 1920 it opened its first building in
Glenarden. In 1989,
John K. Jenkins Sr. became the senior pastor of the 500-member church. In 2007, it
dedicated a new building in
Upper Marlboro including a 4,000-seat auditorium. In 2012, it won its third Hoodie Award for Best African American Church for its positive influence in its community. In 2018, it inaugurated a community center with a gymnasium and a health club. According to a church census released in 2018, it claimed a weekly attendance of 10,548 people, and has 127 different ministries.
[Lifeway research]
2018 Largest Churches in America
outreachmagazine.com, USA, retrieved January 16, 2021 In 2021, it opened a
Covid-19
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vaccination center in her community center.
Beliefs
The Church has a
Baptist
Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only (believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul compete ...
confession of faith
A creed, also known as a confession of faith, a symbol, or a statement of faith, is a statement of the shared beliefs of a community (often a religious community) in a form which is structured by subjects which summarize its core tenets.
The ea ...
and is a member of
Converge.
[Converge]
Members
converge.org, USA, retrieved January 16, 2021
See also
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List of the largest evangelical churches
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List of the largest evangelical church auditoriums
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Worship service (evangelicalism)
References and notes
External links
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Baptist churches in Maryland
Evangelical megachurches in the United States
Megachurches in Maryland
Converge Megachurches