Providence Baptist Church looks likes a classic New England church -- red brick, white columns, a white steeple aspiring to the sky topped by a cross. The church started on Route 7 in Tysons Corner in 1951. The minister writes a blog sharing inspiration and the books he's reading. Providence works with churches in Africa and Latin America. There are ministries to both kids and senior citizens. The church also houses a preschool.
First Baptist is one of McLean's oldest African American churches. The small, white clapboard church has stood on Kirby Road since the 1890s, one of the last reminders of the African American farming community it once served. A cemetery located a few feet behind the church tells its history through the families buried there. A new subdivision of homes borders it.
Charity Baptist is a one-story church shaded by trees and surrounded by an expansive lawn that looks like an oasis at the busy intersection of Spring Hill and Lewinsville Roads. It shares its building with a Korean congregation, which worships at 1pm on Sundays. Led by Rev. Matthew Sine since 2006, Charity Baptist welcomes visitors from its surrounding community.
Shiloh Baptist Church, in the shadow of Tyson's Corner, is one of the oldest and most historic black churches in Virginia. It's located in the former Odrick's Corner, an historic black community in McLean that has now disappeared. Shiloh is a warm and welcoming church that is centered on family. Some of the families trace their roots to the church's founding fathers and mothers.
The church's five guiding principles are worship, evangelism, discipleship, empowerment and service. The minister Reverend Robert F. Cheeks Jr. has been with the church since 2007. Bible classes are offered for pastors on Wednesdays at 6:30pm, for men on the first Monday of the month at 6:30pm, for women on the first Saturday of the month at 1pm, and for young adults on the third Saturday of the month at 1pm.