Calvary Baptist Church (Washington, D.C.)
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Calvary Baptist Church in Washington, D.C.
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| 38°53′59″N 77°01′22″W / 38.899624°N 77.022716°WCoordinates: 38°53′59″N 77°01′22″W / 38.899624°N 77.022716°W | |
| Location | 755 8th Street, NW |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | American Baptist Churches USA, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Alliance of Baptists |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Former name(s) | E Street Baptist |
| Founded | 1862 |
| Founder(s) | Amos Kendall |
| Events | Founding of the Northern Baptists, now the American Baptist Churches USA |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Adolf Cluss |
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| Materials | red brick |
| Clergy | |
| Senior pastor(s) | Rev. Sally Sarratt and Rev. Maria Swearingen |
Calvary Baptist Church is a Baptist church located in the Chinatown neighborhood in Washington, D.C. affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America, the Alliance of Baptists, the District of Columbia Baptist Convention, and the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists. It severed ties with the Southern Baptist Convention in July 2012. Since 2017, Calvary's Senior Co-Pastors have been Rev. Sally Sarratt and Rev. Maria Swearingen.
Calvary focuses on its missions as an urban church in the heart of a great city. Its vision statement is:
We are an ecumenical, multi-racial, multi-ethnic Christian body committed to living faithfully in the heart of this great city. To that end we strive to be welcoming, responsive, trusting, and prayerful in everything we do.
Recently, this commitment has manifested in Calvary in its relationship with the Latino, and especially Salvadoran, population by introducing bilingual services and partnering with a church in El Salvador, led by Rev. Edgar Palacios. Calvary has also been involved in immigration reform efforts. Members of Calvary also were active on the issue of marriage equality.
In the past, this commitment has taken many forms. In the 1983, Calvary founded the Calvary Women's Shelter, now Calvary Women's Services, the first women's homeless shelter in Washington Metro area. Calvary's location near Chinatown has led to extensive outreach to the Chinese and Burmese communities. Calvary runs a summer camp, Camp Fraser near Great Falls, Virginia.
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