$360K awarded to historically Black church in Alexandria will help preserve legacy

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (7News) — Shiloh Baptist Church, a historically Black church in Alexandria, Va., was awarded $360,000.

The award is part of a larger $13.5M commitment from the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund’s Preserving Black Churches program benefitting 33 churches to help preserve their historical legacy.

“The grant will enhance its worship space and preserve its structural integrity,” Dr. Taft Quincey Heatley, Senior pastor of the Shiloh Baptist Church told 7News…

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