NAD Adventist, March 27th, 2019: Maryland legislators recognize Adventist congregation for work in the community
The recent MGA [Maryland General Assembly] citation is just the latest of several honors that Brinklow has received. In March 2018, the church garnered an award from HOC for its community service and in February last year Anthony Medley, senior pastor, was granted the opportunity to give the invocation for the Maryland Senate.
While Brinklow has been recognized for working in Maryland, its ministry reaches beyond state lines. Through partnerships with other churches, Brinklow also ministers to the homeless in Washington, D.C., which has the highest per-capita rate of homelessness in the U.S., largely due to the high cost of housing. (And according to a new study, released by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition on March 19, 2019, more than 20,000 African-American’s have been displaced by gentrification between 2000 and 2013.*)
For more than 25 years Brinklow deacons, deaconesses and other members, have joined the Fourth Street Adventist Church in D.C. to provide a Sunday breakfast for homeless persons, along with messages of encouragement.
