Dr. Rodney D. Waller
Pastor

First African Baptist Church
2700 Hanes Ave.
Richmond, VA 23222

Office: 804.329.7279
Fax: 804.321.5939

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Rodney D. Waller, the tenth Pastor of First African Baptist Church, the third oldest African American Church in the United States, was born in Kilmarnock, Virginia.  He holds certificates in Religious Studies and Proclamation Preparation from the Evans-Smith Leadership Training Institute.  He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and Religion from Virginia Union University and Master’s of Divinity degree from Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology, Richmond Virginia.  He received his Doctor of Ministry degree from Virginia University and where he also was an adjunct professor in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Prior to his pastorate at The First African Baptist Church, he was the Senior Pastor of Sharon Baptist Church, Weems, Virginia.  He was a community activist in pastoral care and education, serving as a volunteer chaplain at the Rappahannock General Hospital in Kilmarnock, Virginia, and has served as a member of the Lancaster County Special Education Department board of directors and the Lancaster County Planning Commission.  Dr. Waller is a past president of the Northern Neck Ministers Conference and past president of the Jesse Ball DuPont Foundation Church Resource Service, and he was one of the featured preachers at the Baptist General Convention of Virginia annual session.  

Presently he is a member of the Executive Board of Hampton Ministers' Conference and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

He is married to the former Aline T. Coleman.  Dr. Waller and Mrs. Waller are the proud parents of five children: Brooks, Allesia, Allashia, Adrian and Darrell.

	Dr. Rodney D. Waller's 2010 Itinerary
		Date	Church	City/State	Pastor	Occasion
	Sun.	May 2	First Baptist Church	Heathsville, VA	Dr. John Fountain	Pastor and People Anniversary
	Sun.	June 27	Gilfield Baptist Church	Charles City, VA	Reverend Mike Jones	Church Anniversary
	Tues. – Thurs.	July 13 - 15	Mount Nebo Baptist Church	West Point, VA	Dr. Leo Wagner	Revival
	Sun.	July 25	New Vision Baptist Church	Lancaster, VA	Reverend Ronald Dunaway
	Tues. – Thurs.	July 27 - 30	New Vision Baptist Church	Lancaster, VA	Reverend Ronald Dunaway	Revival
	Mon. – Fri.	August 9 - 13	Mount Vernon Baptist Church	White Stone, VA	Reverend Peyton Waller, Sr.	Revival
	Mon. – Fri.	August 16 - 20	Queen Esther Baptist Church	Lancaster, VA	Reverend James Smith	Revival
	Fri.	August 27	Mulberry Baptist Church	Warsaw, VA	Pastor Karen Register	Revival
	Mon. – Fri.	September 13 - 15	Union Branch Baptist Church	Chesterfield, VA	Dr. Gregory Howard	Revival
	Mon. - Sat.	September 20 - 25	New Jerusalem Baptist Church	Montross, VA	Pastor Gerald Smith	Revival
	Sun.	September 26	Mount Olive Baptist Church	Wicomico, VA		Homecoming
	Tues.	October 12	First Union Baptist Church	Richmond, VA
	Wed.	October 13	Thirty-First Street Baptist Church	Richmond, VA		Revival
	Wed.	November 24	Galilee United Methodist Church	Heathsville, VA	Reverend Bates

You can e-mail Pastor Waller at drrdwaller@verizon.net