2026 SPECIAL SESSION I
ENROLLED
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 2128
Commending Providence Park Baptist Church.
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, June 22, 2026
WHEREAS, for 150 years, Providence Park Baptist Church has served as a beacon of faith and fellowship for members of the Richmond community; and
WHEREAS, Providence Park Baptist Church traces its origins to a series of family prayer meetings in the homes of Richard Jones, William Edwards, Wesley Jones, and Louis Cooper; and
WHEREAS, on May 27, 1876, one-half acre of land in Richmond's Northside neighborhood was purchased by three trustees, Richard Jones, Peter Markins, and Enoch Braxton, for what would become Providence Park Baptist Church; and
WHEREAS, in 1879, a small chapel known as the Dick Jones Meeting House was built on that land, with the Reverend Rashi Harris serving as the first minister of the fledgling congregation; and
WHEREAS, the church continued to expand in the early 20th century, and in 1912, the former Monument Methodist Church was purchased and relocated to better serve the Providence Park Baptist Church congregation as it grew in both faith and number; and
WHEREAS, Providence Park Baptist Church held its first services in its current sanctuary in 1966 and constructed an education building in 1974; and