Celebrating 150 years // Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson preaches during the Founder’s Day Program at Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church in Jackson Ward as the church marked its 150th anniversary last Sunday and celebrated its founder, the Rev. John Jasper. Dr. Richardson, pastor of Grace Baptist in Mount Vernon, N.Y., and chairman of the National Action Network and the Virginia Union University Board of Trustees, was the keynote speaker for the program that highlighted the church’s history and paid tribute to three people for community service.
