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  • Historic D.C. Church to Install New Senior Pastor

    The historic Nineteenth Street Baptist Church in Northwest will install the Rev. Kevin Lamár Peterman as its new senior pastor, the church announced Thursday.


    Publication: 

    The Washington Informer

    Publication Date:

    10-30-2025

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  • Nineteenth Street Baptist Church Welcomes New Pastor

    Nineteenth Street Baptist Church in Northwest D.C., considered the District’s oldest, independent Black Baptist congregation, has welcomed the Rev. Kevin Lamár Peterman as its new senior pastor.


    Publication:The Washington Informer

    Publication Date: 07-16-2025

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  • Young Organists Pull Out All The Stops to Inspire Interest In a ‘Complex’ Instrument

    Young musicians have taken to the organ at a time when there has been a decline in the number of instruments and in the professionals who play them.


    WASHINGTON (RNS) — Storeé Denson settled onto the organ bench at Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, a historic Black church a few miles from the White House, placing his hands on the electronic instrument’s manuals, his feet on its pedals, ears attuned to the choir he accompanies on Sunday mornings.


    Publication: Religion News Service

    Publication Date: 12-21-2023

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  • Nineteenth Street Baptist Church Hosts 2023 Presidential Awards

    The Joseph R. Biden Lifetime Achievement Award and Presidential Volunteer Service Award Ceremony was held at Nineteenth Street Baptist Church. Honorees included Pastor Darryl D. Roberts and church members A.J. Ali and Marcus Johnson.


    Publication:

    The Washington Informer

    Publication Date:

    01-13-2023

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  • As House elected a speaker, America was watching the House clerk

    At Sunday services, Cheryl Johnson sits in the back pew. She enjoys the service, attentive, unassuming, at 19th Street Baptist Church, one of the oldest Black Baptist institutions in Washington, D.C.…. The rest of the week, for the past four years, she works her day job, as clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives.


    Publication: USA Today

    Publication Date: 01-07-2023


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  • “Food 4 Families” Distributes Thanksgiving turkeys at Nineteenth Street

    Nineteenth Street Baptist Church hosted NBC4 on Sunday, November 21 and Monday, November 22 to distribute Thanksgiving turkeys and Safeway gift cards to families.


    Publication: NBC4

    Publication Date: 11-22-2021

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  • Pastor Julie and Pastor Darryl: A Personal Look into a Historic Partnership Between Two Baptist Churches for Racial Justice and Healing

    Interwoven Congregations featured an interview with Nineteenth Street Baptist Church Pastor Darryl Roberts and First Baptist Church Pastor Julie Pennington-Russell in its quarterly newsletter, published in November.


    Publication: Interwoven Congregations

    Publication Date: 11-01-2021

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  • Pastor Roberts Featured In Wall Street Journal Article Documenting Congregational Responses To The Surge In Mental Health Needs

    The Religious Leaders on the Front Lines of Mental Health


    Houses of worship have grown more sophisticated in their handling of the surge in anxiety among congregants since the pandemic began.


    People who had been sober for 10 or 15 years worried they might start drinking again. Some mentioned suicide. Couples who rarely argued were yelling at each other. When the church resumed in-person services June 13, a new tension emerged: surprisingly angry reactions from some members to any pandemic-related safeguards that remained in place. Other clergy he talked to have seen similar levels of acrimony. About one in four people with mental-health concerns turn to a clergy member before seeking help from clinical professionals, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, giving faith leaders a unique window on the mental health of many Americans.


    Publication: Wall Street Journal

    Publication Date: 07-22-2021

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  • Black Churches Matter – An Interview with Pastor Darryl D. Roberts

    Pastor Darryl Roberts joined "Graceful Transitions" on iHeartRadio's WDRB Media Channel to discuss why Black Churches Matter and his four years at Nineteenth Street Baptist Church. To listen to the archived interview, click here: https://soundcloud.com/siera-grace-166209572/black-churches-matter-an-interview-with-pastor-darryl-d-roberts


    Source: Graceful Transitions

    Publication

    iHeartRadio's WDRB Media Channel

    Publication Date: 03-02-2021

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  • Nineteenth Street Baptist Church Pantry Runs Out of Food During Shutdown

    The church restocked and re-opened, adjusting to a new reality.


    Publication: Washington City Paper

    Publication Date: 01-19-2019

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  • Obama Family Celebrates Easter Sunday 2014 at Nineteenth Street Baptist Church

    Publication: The Huffington Post

    Publication Date: 04-21-2014

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  • An Army of Compassion: 19th Street Baptist Church

    Publication: Prince George’s Suite Magazine

    Publication Date: 01-22-2019

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  • Baptist Churches Reach Across Racial Boundaries to Denounce White Supremacy With the Breaking of Bread

    Publication: Baptist News

    Publication Date: 08-13-2018

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  • These Two Churches are Modeling Real Unity, Two Blocks From This Weekend’s Alt-Right Rally

    Publication: Sojourners

    Publication Date: 08-08-2018

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  • A Chat With the New Pastor of a Historic D.C. Baptist Church

    Publication: Washington Post

    Publication Date: 04-21-2017

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  • Historic Black Church Installs New Shepherd

    Publication: The Washington Informer

    Publication Date: 03-08-2017

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  • “We did it.” Read John Lewis’s emotional speech at the African American Museum opening

    Publication: Washington Post

    Publication Date: 09-24-2016

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  • At Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, Lent is part of a long tradition

    Publication: Washington Post

    Publication Date: 04-11-2014

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  • 19th St. Baptist’s Glory: The Obamas

    Publication: Washington Post

    Publication Date: 01-19-2009

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Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. Proverbs 3:5 (NIV)

Weekly Schedule

Sunday

Church School for Adults 

9 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.

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Church School for Youth

2nd and 4th Sundays

10:30 a.m.

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Worship Service

10 a.m.

In person, livestream, conference call.

Youth Church

1st and 3rd Sundays

10:30 a.m.

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Tuesday

Intercessory Prayer Call Led by Clergy

6:30 a.m. – 7 a.m.

Bible Study

7 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.


Wednesday

Intercessory Prayer Call Led by Deaconesses

12 p.m. – 12:15 p.m.


Thursday

Intercessory Prayer Call Led by Deacons

6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.


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