WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — This Sunday the music and message at First Baptist Church in Dupont Circle celebrated a parishioner who passed away.
“Following the star, rising in his own soul, Jimmy Carter used the influence he had to serve the world,” said Senior Pastor Julie Pennington-Russell at Sunday’s service a week after Carter’s passing.
The former leader of the free world chose to spend his Sundays at First Baptist during his presidency. A plaque commemorates where Carter and his family chose to sit…