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Our Pastoral Legacy
Two Historic Churches. One Shared Future.
Massachusetts Avenue Baptist Church​
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Founded 1890
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Rev. H. Carter (1890)
Rev. J. Henry Duckrey (1898)
Rev. H. Carter (1909)
Rev. J. Brockett
Rev. George W. Washington
Rev. C.D. Douglass
Rev. E.E. Thompson (1919)
Rev. George N. Williams
Rev. A.L. Lowry (1941)
Rev. A. Roger Williams (1946)
Rev. Carl Marbury (1966)
Rev. Hansel Henry (1969)
Rev. Louis E. Sibley III
Rev. Earl W. Jackson (1979)
Rev. Jessie L. Wood (1982)
Rev. Howard A. McLendon (1985)
Rev. Brenda A. Brown (2015–2025)
Rev. Dr. Jeremy D. Battle (2025–Present)
Western Avenue Baptist Church
Founded 1916
Rev. Dr. Thomas S. Harten (1916)
Rev. R.H. Pittman (1922)
Rev. H.C. Daniels (1926)
Rev. Henry T. Myers (1929)
Rev. Jack Minor (1932)
Rev. L.P. Ashford (1932)
Rev. B.H. Richardson (1937)
Rev. Jacob P. Posey (1938)
Rev. William Smith (1943)
Rev. James C. Fields (1949)
Rev. James Ford (1950)
Rev. Roy Allen (1954)
Rev. James Holloway (1955)
Rev. Dr. H. Benton Harris (1960)
Rev. George Scott (1970)
Rev. Dr. Roscoe Cooper (1971)
Rev. Dr. Everett W. Frye (1974)
Rev. Dr. Robert A.F. Turner (1982)
Rev. Edmund D. Henley, Sr. (1994)
Rev. Anthony Berry (2004)
Rev. Jonathan Wilkins (2008)
Rev. Dr. Jeremy D. Battle (2011–Present)
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