Visit Macedonia Baptist Church Address 5119 River Road, Bethesda, MD 20816 Phone: (301) 656-0994 View on Google Maps Directions From Washington, DC Take Canal Road NW west, which becomes the Clara Barton Parkway. Exit onto River Road heading north. The church will be on your left at Clipper Lane. From I-495 (Capital Beltway) Take Exit 39 for River Road East toward Bethesda. Continue on River Road for approximately 3 miles. The church will be on your right at Clipper Lane. Fro

History of Macedonia Baptist Church Origins (1920) After the First World War, there was no Baptist Church in the Bethesda–Chevy Chase area for Black worshippers. The only place of worship was a Mission under the leadership of Reverend James Jones, a Methodist minister. Inspired by a desire for their own congregation, a group of men and women sought to establish an independent Baptist church. Macedonia Baptist Church was organized in 1920 in the home of Deacon Henry Thomas in

Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo Education & Background Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo received her A.B. Degree from Barnard College/Columbia University and her doctorate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Originally from Detroit, Michigan, she moved to Maryland 35 years ago to assume a faculty position at American University. She is the only child of the late Mr. Samuel Coleman and Mrs. Majestice Thompson Coleman, and enjoys the love and adoration of her aunt