National Baptist Memorial Church | |
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38°55′37.0302″N 77°2′9.6972″W / 38.926952833°N 77.036027000°W | |
Location | 1501 Columbia Road NW Washington, D.C. 20009 |
Country | United States |
Denomination | Baptist |
Website | nbmchurchdc |
History | |
Former name(s) | Immanuel Baptist Church |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Egerton Swartwout |
Groundbreaking | 23 April 1921 |
National Baptist Memorial Church is a Baptist church in Washington, D.C. It is located at the intersection of 16th Street NW and Columbia Road, where the Mt. Pleasant, Columbia Heights and Adams Morgan neighborhoods meet. The crossroads is notable for the triple steeples of National Baptist Memorial Church, All Souls Unitarian Church and the Unification Church's cathedral (formerly the Mormon's Washington Chapel).
It is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA, the Progressive National Baptist Convention. Rev. Kasey D. Jones became the senior pastor in 2006 and served until 2017. She was the first woman and the first African-American to serve in that role.[1] Rev. Dr. Charles E. Collins Jr. served as the interim pastor from September 3, 2017, to February 27, 2022.