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Church Plate Weatherford Memorial Baptist Richmond Virginia 75th Anniversary 1982 A beautiful commemorative plate. 10" in diameter. in excellent vintage condition, has a personal story handwritten on the back by the original owner. See the church story below. Born in 1907 to reach a thriving, new community in south Richmond. By 2000, the surrounding area had changed, but the church had not. Finally, the few members who gathered weekly realized they could not continue. in 2005, Pastor Ricky Hurst, assisted by Glenn Akins, assistant executive director of the Virginia Baptist Mission Board, led Weatherford to embrace an extraordinary dream. Despite offers from other churches to buy their property, the congregation voted to give its $2 million facility to St. Paul's Baptist Church, a rapidly growing African-American congregation in another part of the city. Weatherford's gift enabled St. Paul's to minister at a second site, becoming St. Paul's South. E Vintage Virginia Souvenir Plate, Weatherford Memorial Baptist Church 75Th Anniversary Plate Richmond 1982
