NATIONAL CAPITAL BAPTIST CONVENTION Washington DC & Vicinity

Eastern Community Church was born out of a small group of determined parishioners on June 13, 1976. Sunday worship service was led by a layperson except for the first Sunday of each month, which was led by an ordained minister who consecrated the communion. In February 1977, the congregation took a giant step in selecting its first Pastor, Reverend Braxton J. Boyd, Sr. In 1989, Eastern Community Church purchased its first home at 38th and Rhode Island Avenue in Mt. Rainer, Maryland and held its first worship service on the first Sunday in September of that year.