Deaconess Van Smith, Women’s History Month & Bloody Sunday Tribute

On Sunday March 5, 2023, Deaconess Van Smith shares her fond memories of the women of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church as part of Women’s History Month & on Bloody Sunday. Deaconess Smith responds to the names of the women on the banners in the narthex.
Rev. Joseph Lawrence Roberts, Jr. and Mrs. Esther Jean Wortham Roberts were Senior Pastor and First Lady in 1978 when Deaconess Van Smith joined Ebenezer. L
Marsha Sampson Johnson donated the Women’s Day banners highlighting women from 1947 - 2017 to the archives of Ebenezer Baptist Church.