Alexander Memorial Baptist Church
Alexander Memorial Baptist Church was founded on this date in 1908, when a group of worshipers left the First Baptist Church in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., due to dissatisfaction with the church's management.
Led by Rev. W. Bishop Carroll, the new church members first met at 1002 26th Street and later at the Odd Fellows Hall. They named their church after the Reverend Sandy Alexander, the founder of First Baptist Church. In 1909, the church purchased the property and raised a building. The cornerstone was laid later that year. Its first pastor was Reverend W. Bishop Carroll. In 1971, Alexander Memorial Baptist Church became debt-free.
In March of 1999, Rev. Marvin W. Rodgers, Jr., was elected by the membership of Alexander Memorial Baptist Church as its seventh pastor. In December 2005, the membership elected Rev. Jesse W. Plater as its eighth and current pastor.
An Encyclopedia of African American Christian Heritage
by Marvin Andrew McMickle
Judson Press, Copyright 2002
ISBN 0-817014-02-0
