The Reverend Doctor Jeffrey Haggray, Pastor
 Members of The First Baptist Church of the City of Washington, D.C., voted overwhelmingly Oct. 11 to extend a call to the Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Haggray to become the 18th senior pastor of the historic congregation. Haggray, who has been the executive director/minister of the District of Columbia Baptist Convention since 2001, accepted the call. He becomes the first African-American senior pastor in the church’s history, which dates to 1802.
Prior to taking his DCBC post, Haggray has served as pastor of two other Washington congregations as well as churches in New Jersey and Connecticut. He is 46; a native of Savannah, Ga.; and a graduate of the University of Virginia, Yale University Divinity School and Wesley Theological Seminary. His wife, the Rev. Shelby Martin Haggray, is a native of Martinsville, Va., and currently serves as the associate dean for community life at Wesley Seminary. They and their three children (Micah, 10; Martin, 9; and Sophia, 5) reside in the District of Columbia.
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