Ravensworth Baptist Church

Here follows an excerpt from the church's website:

A Brief History
For more than sixty years, Ravensworth Baptist Church as been a progressive Baptist presence in Northern Virginia. We began our life as an outgrowth of the First Baptist Church of Annandale, sent as a mission to the growing North Springfield community. On March 15, 1959, 54 persons accepted an invitation to join together and make that mission a Church – dedicated to enacting the love of Christ in our community and around the world.

Our passion for God’s Justice that has defined us as a congregation. During the civil rights movement, RBC joined with other local churches in a pledge to support fair housing. During the Poor People’s campaign in the late 1960s, we provided housing for those traveling to the capital, even converting the baptistry into a temporary shower: God’s house is sacred, but God’s people are more sacred, still.