![]() ![]() “It is disturbing, because we who are historically minded know the history of bombing and black churches. “To think about a threat to our family, a threat against me, it’s not something we take lightly, but God has not given us a spirit of fear.” “I’ll acknowledge I have slept better than I did last night,” he said. Wesley called whole episode as “a little unsettling.” “It is good to live in a city where we have positive, productive relationships with the men and women of law enforcement, who helped us on yesterday,” he said. The pastor commended the Alexandria Police Department’s handling of the incident. “The very first thing I stand to tell you is that you are safe this morning,” Wesley, a director of The Lott Carey Global Christian Missional Community and trustee of the John Leland Center for Theological Studies, assured worshippers on Sunday. No explosives were found inside either the original two-story brick building built in 1855 and included on the National Register of Historic Places or the sanctuary added in 1994. (Facebook video)Īided by church security, police then directed people out of the building for a bomb sweep. Pastor Howard-John Wesley briefs the congregation of Alfred Street Baptist Church about weekend bomb scare. “We prayed and we sang and we had worship in spite of the threat.” “While we were in the building and could not leave, we did what Baptist Christians do,” the pastor said. Wesley said suspicious packages were found, but he had not been informed whether or not any contained explosives. ![]() Wesley, pastor of the church for 10 years, said police first quarantined the church, blocking off nearby streets for a bomb search. “We subsequently found out that some demented mind had called the police and reported that bombs were left at Alfred Street,” Pastor Howard-John Wesley said during a service on Sunday morning. The service, one of four services held each weekend at the 7,000-member Alfred Street Baptist Church in suburban Washington, D.C., was wrapping up when word came that police were outside and requesting all members to remain inside. WiFi Internet is required for iPod touch.A historic African-American Baptist church in Alexandria, Virginia, received a bomb threat during a Saturday evening worship service, one week after 11 Jewish worshippers were gunned down at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. * Cloud Based Journal: Your Pursue Journal is accessible online anytime at This allows you to be able to add entries anywhere, anytime and they are automatically linked to your Alfred Street Baptist Church app. Entries are fully secure for your privacy, yet at any time you can share them via Facebook, twitter or email. * Free Customizable Journal: The Pursue Journal is designed to give you the freedom to journal whenever and however you desire. Average reading or listening time is 15 minutes a day. * Daily Bible Reading Plan: The Pursue Bible reading plan takes you through the Old Testament once a year and through the New Testament twice a year. * Twitter: You can tweet a Bible passage, reading plan, journal entry or just a note with easy. * Facebook: You can share a Bible passage, journal entry or anything in the app with one click. Share content with your friends via Twitter, Facebook, or email. You can also look up any passage you want, the listen tab is in the bottom right hand corner at all times. * Free Audio Bible: Click listen and you are instantly listening to the daily devotional plan. * Digital Bible: Enter in the passage you want or use quick keys to go directly to the passage you desire to read. * Podcast: Listen to the latest sermon or lookup a previous one in the podcast library. Additionally, you will also be able to share content with your friends via Twitter, Facebook and email.įor more information on Alfred Street Baptist Church, please visit: SPECIAL FEATURES: This App will help believers and non-believers grow in their faith, and will provide easy access to life-changing audio and video sermons, upcoming events and relevant information about Alfred Street Baptist Church. You will be able to Watch LIVE services from Alfred Street Baptist Church, stay updated on Alfred Street Baptist Church Video Broadcasts. You will be able to stay connected with audio, video, devotionals, podcasts and a variety of resources from ASBC. Quick tabs make it easy to quickly find the passage you want to read. Podcasting, journaling, reading and listening to the Word of God will become so easy with the Alfred Street Baptist Church app. The Alfred Street Baptist Church app for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, is the ultimate mobile church app. ![]() This all-new version is completely built from the ground up to provide you with the most relevant and up-to-date content from Alfred Street Baptist Church. The Official app of Alfred Street Baptist Church (ASBC). ![]()
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