Join us on October 22nd as we continue the State of the Church preaching and teaching series!

We welcome Rev. Barbara Breland to the pulpit!

Worship | 10 AM | Sanctuary

Reverend Barbara Breland is the founding pastor of Destiny Temple of Faith UCC, a new church plant in Alexandria, Virginia. She is also the former Designated Pastor of Lincoln Congregational Temple UCC in Washington, DC. Reverend Breland was ordained to the ministry in 1995 in the African Methodist Episcopal Church where she served First AME Church of Alexandria, VA and Adam’s Inspirational AME Church in Clinton, MD. She wore a variety of hats at both churches. While at First AME Church of Alexandria she was a Sunday school teacher, she sang in the choir, the director of the Young People’s Department and the Financial Secretary. Reverend Breland started the women’s ministry at First AME, “WAR” (Women Armed for Righteousness). Adam’s Inspirational AME Church she was the assistant pastor and chaired the Stewardship and Finance Committee.

In 2001 she was featured in the “Black Women in Ministry Calendar” and in March 2003, she was recognized by Freddie Mac as a “Woman in Peace Making” in commemoration of Women’s month. She has a Master’s of Divinity degree from Howard University in Washington, DC and Bachelors of Science degree in Accounting, from Long Island, University in Brooklyn, New York. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.