Reverend Henry A. Gaston, President

Baptist Educational Congress of the District of Columbia and Vicinity

Greetings and welcome from the Baptist Educational Congress of the District of Columbia and Vicinity. We are honored to have you visit our website and we hope that you will have an enjoyable experience getting to know us and the effectiveness of our organization.

The Baptist Educational Congress is an auxiliary of the Baptist Convention of the District of Columbia and Vicinity.  It was designed to empower believers with the doctrines and principles of the Baptist faith, and to support and promote wholeness among all Baptist followers.  Uniting more than 60 churches in the Washington metropolitan area, the Baptist Educational Congress has widened its resource base, expanded its circle of communication, and provided support to leaders from cooperating churches.  

Although designed to empower Baptist believers, our organization also serves as a conduit for those not familiar with the Baptist faith.  Educating believers as well as non-believers remains in harmony with our mission to win souls for Christ.    

Forums, seminars, and spiritual meetings represent only a few of the methods to be employed by the Baptist Educational Congress.  Here, on our website, you also will have the opportunity to obtain some of the valuable tools needed for empowerment. This site will also inform you of classes, schedule, location and online registration.

If your church is of the Baptist faith and wishes to become a member of the Baptist Convention and the Baptist Educational Congress of the District of Columbia and Vicinity, please contact us for more information.

The Congress will convene Monday, May 5 through Friday, May 9, 2008, at Charles Herbert Flowers High School, in Springdale, Maryland.  We are excited about our new site.  Other exciting changes await you at this year's Congress.  I look forward to seeing you there!