ALEXANDRIA, Va. (7News) — A local Virginia church is ending its contract with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts due to the center's new leadership. Alfred Street Baptist Church, the ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WDVM) — Behind the doors of Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia, members have been attending to worship since 1803. According to Deacon Alton Wallace, it was the only ...

As Holy Week nears an end, many believers are looking forward to the holiest day on the Christian calendar this Easter Sunday. More than 70 percent of Americans identify as Christian, but less than a ...

Alfred Street Baptist Church has been an institution in Alexandria since it began as Colored Baptist Society at the time Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States. In the mid-1850s ...

Alfred Street Baptist Church, one of the oldest faith communities in Alexandria, just passed the first major hurdle for ongoing plans for an expansion. Despite a mixed reaction in the public comment, ...

As local residents continue to struggle to put food on the table, the historic Alfred Street Baptist Church reached out, Sept. 28, to lend them a helping hand. Partnering with ALIVE (ALexandrians ...

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BETHESDA, Md. (7News) — The historic Alfred Street Baptist Church bought out eight theatres to treat members to a private viewing of “The Color Purple” Thursday night. The remake of the original 1985 ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (RNS) At Alfred Street Baptist Church, the pews start to fill more than half an hour before the service begins. White-uniformed ushers guide African-Americans of all ages to their ...

ALEXANDRIA, VA. - Families on the brink of eviction in Alexandria, Virginia, are getting a fresh start after a $1 million donation from a local church wiped out back rent for hundreds of households.