OUR MEDIA

We believe in the salvation granted to us through the death and resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  How are we going to make from earth to Glory?  By hearing and applying the Word in every situation and circumstance in our lives.  We hope that God’s Word as spoken thru Pastor Miner is a much of a blessing to you as it is to us.

HISTORY

On January 27, 1901, in a scene reminiscent of the first century church, a small group of Christians met and organized a Sunday School at the home of the Bumbrey family located on Sheriff Road in Northeast Washington, District of Columbia.  This band of faithful members named the Sunday School the Deanwood mission.  The Reverend J.T. Clark of Providence Baptist Church of Washington, D.C. conducted the Mission's first revival.

The Deanwood Mission was organized into a church in 1902 and thereafter called The First Baptist Church of Deanwood.  The Church's first building was erected shortly thereafter and remodeled several times between 1914 and 1927.  Ground was broken on the third building (Brent Memorial Chapel) in 1929 and completed nine years later. 

GALLERY

The cornerstone was laid on the Church's third building in April 1961; a new adjoining edifice that still serves as the Main Sanctuary.  The mortgage burning ceremony for the adjoining edifice was held in 1978.  Elevator access to both sanctuaries was added during the 1980's.  The Community Outreach Center opened in May 2002.  Chair lift access to the lower level was added in 2005.  In 2008, the George W. Brent Memorial Chapel was designated as a historic site by the National Register of Historic Places and the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Places.  In 2010, our main sanctuary received the same designation.  Our Community Garden opened in 2013 and the Frances Brent Johnson Dining Hall was fully renovated in 2016.

Prior to calling Pastor Miner, the following seven pastors occupied the pulpit (in chronological order):  George W. Mills, George W. Brent, Andrew James Allen, Joseph A. Gilmore Sr., Dr. Michael C. Turner Sr., Dr. William H. Bennett II, and Sarah Carter Britt.