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 2011 Itinerary
	Date	Church	City/State	Pastor	Occasion
	April 14	New Timothy Baptist Church	Richmond,VA	Pastor Rodney Eaton	Revival
	April 15	Mount Vernon Baptist Church	White Stone,VA	Pastor Peyton Waller, Sr.	Revival
	May 1	First Baptist Church	Richmond,VA	Dr. Dwight Jones, Sr Pastor	Anniversary
	May 15	Tabernacle Baptist Church	Chesterfield,VA
	May 22	Mosley Baptist Church	Mechanicsville,VA
	June 2	Great Hope Baptist Church	Richmond,VA	Dr. Earl Bledsoe, Pastor	Revival
	June 3	Louden Ave Christian Center	Ronoake,VA	Rev. Dr. Bill Lee, Pastor
	June 12	Trinity Baptist Church	Richmond,VA	Dr. A. Lincoln James, Jr., Pastor
	July 25-29	Elam Baptist Church	Charles City,VA	Rev. Horace Parham
	August 9-12	Oxford University	England	Dr. Joel Gregory
	August 15-19	Vernon Baptist Church	White Stone,VA	Rev. Peyton Waller, Sr. Pastor
	August 21	Union Baptist Church	Gloucester,VA
	August 28- September 2	Mt. Garland Baptist Church	Bumpass,VA
	September 26	Deacon Union Richmond and Vicinity	Richmond,VA
	October 6-7	Mount Hebron Baptist Church	Richmond,VA
	November 23	Star Bethlehem Baptist Church	Triangle,VA	Rev. Dr. Henry During, Jr. Pastor
	December 4	Queen Esther Baptist Church	Mollusk,VA	Rev. James Smith, Pastor	Church Anniversary