Planning Together For the Kingdom to Come

Memorial Day Office Closing

In observance of Memorial. Day, the church will be closed on Monday, May 28, 2007. Office and ministry activities will resume on Tuesday, May 29, 2007.

From Hell's Bottom to God's Land in Largo!

Get ready for the Metropolitan Baptist Church Historical Exhibition from 1864 to the Present.  The exhibition will debut on Sunday, May 27, 2007 in honor of the Church Anniversary and continue through Sunday, June 3, 2007 after both services in Founder's Retreat. 

METROFACS “Onward Christian Soldiers”

Rev. Robert Johnson, 1870 - 1903, Part I

Did you know that?

• Robert Johnson was a former slave, born around 1836 in Westmoreland County, Virginia.

• Robert Johnson joined the Fourth Baptist church in 1864 as a private member.

• Robert Johnson served in the United States Colored Infantry (43rd Regiment, Company D) during the year 1865 and held the rank of an Army Corporal at the time of his being discharged out of military service.

• Robert Johnson worked during the day as a day laborer and attended the Wayland University Home Missions School , at night to learn how to read and to write.

• Robert Johnson after receiving the call to the ministry, enrolled in the Wayland University Theological Institute , which later became a part of the Virginia Union University.

• Robert Johnson in the year 1867 joined the Nineteenth Street Baptist church, and was there ordained as a minister of the Gospel.

• Robert Johnson was called to serve as the second pastor of the Fourth Baptist Church, now known as Metropolitan Baptist Church, in the year 1870.

Visit the historical exhibit to find out more!

Do you love children? Do you have a gift for working with children?

As we become the Kingdom, have you ever wondered who's the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven? The disciples asked this question of our Lord, so Jesus called a little child, whom He placed among them. And He said: "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Therefore, whoever takes a humble place—becoming like this child—is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. And whoever welcomes one such child in My name welcomes Me." Matthew 18:1-5

Are you looking for an opportunity to serve Christ through our children? Our
Children's Learning Center (ages 2-6) is growing and in need of volunteers who love
the Lord and His children! The Children's Learning Center is looking for volunteers
for 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th Sundays each month, at either 7:45 or 11:00 A.M. service.
If you feel led to such service with our children - our model citizens of the Kingdom-
please contact Sister Cherry Maxwell or Min Amy Lilja at: 202-238-5017. Let's grow
together! The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. Isaiah 11:6

Calling all Christian Educators!

The Annual Christian Education Summit will take place Saturday, June 2 from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm at Miracle Plaza in Largo, Maryland. This summit is open to all MBC Christian Educators (CDI, Sunday School, Children's Church, New Disciples). Registration materials are available in the church and Sunday School offices. The cost is $10.00 (for meals and materials).

Attention All 2007 Graduates from Nursery School through Professional Degree candidates 

Graduates Sunday is Sunday, June 24, 2007. Your Metropolitan family wants to celebrate your accomplishments! Please stop in the church office and complete the Graduate Application form no later than Sunday, June 10, 2007. Scholarship applications for high school seniors and current college students are also available in the church office. The deadline for submitting the completed scholarship application is Sunday, May 20, 2007. For further information, please contact Mrs. Janis Nix at 301-873-2893 or Servant Rosemarie E. Singletary at 202-439-3257.