NATIONAL CAPITAL BAPTIST CONVENTION Washington DC & Vicinity

Liberty Baptist Church had its beginning in the early part of 1869, shortly after the Civil War, in one of the most notorious parts of the city known as “The Bay.”  A group of devout Christians, led by Brother Peter White, a member of the Fifth Baptist Church, now known   as  the  Vermont  Avenue  Baptist Church, organized a prayer meeting near the Old Barracks located on 14th Street, between “B” and “C” Streets, Northwest.