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Robert Simon Laws was born ca. 1837 on Wood Farm Plantation in Middlesex County, Virginia as an enslaved person. [11] At some point, Robert was sold to Richard H. Lynch of Washington County, Virginia who published a $100 reward in 1863 for the return of a runaway slave, 24-year-old Robert Laws, who was described as "5 feet 7 inches high and weighs about 175 pounds" and likely headed to ...
Leonard N. Smith (born October 4, 1961 – February 20, 2022) was the senior pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Arlington, Virginia, with a congregation exceeding 2,000. [1] Mount Zion Baptist Church, founded in 1866, is the oldest Black congregation in Arlington, Virginia.
Mt. Zion Baptist Church (Mobile, Al), listed on the NRHP in Alabama - Pastor Montgomery Portis Jr. Mount Zion Baptist Church (Arlington, Virginia) Mount Zion Baptist Church (Brinkley, Arkansas), listed on the NRHP in Arkansas; Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church (Brinkley, Arkansas), listed on the NRHP in Arkansas
This article features the Rev. Eric Beckham, pastor of Zion Baptist Church in Marietta. MARIETTA — Zion Baptist Church's the Rev. Eric Beckham, who has led his congregation through a once-in-a ...
Adams likes to joke that she’s been around Zion Baptist Church “for 1,000 years,” but Zion’s legacy in Louisville only stretches back to 1877, about 57 years before Adams was born.
Shembe's Nazarite church was to become the largest Zionist congregation until eclipsed by the Zion Christian Church in the 1950s. Shembe's church was distinct from most other Zionist sects in that he insisted that he was a prophet sent directly from God to the Zulu nation. Most other Zionists were distinctly non-ethnic in outlook. [7] Edward ...
Zion Baptist Church may refer to: in the United States (by state) Zion Baptist Church (Marietta, Georgia), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)
Mount Zion is a historic Baptist church located at Charlottesville, Virginia. Although the current Mount Zion Baptist Church has only been in existence since 1884, the roots of the church are much deeper. The church began with a petition in 1864 to separate from the segregated white Baptist church, and the congregation was officially organized ...