Alfred Street Baptist Church, one of the oldest faith communities in Alexandria, just passed the first major hurdle for ongoing plans for an ... within height and floor area ratio guidelines.

A plan to build a 60-unit apartment complex in the grassy backyard of a church near the U.S. 250 Bypass earned a 4-1 vote Monday to move forward toward a final vote by City Council later this month.

World Mission Society Church of God, an international religious group, has a U.S. headquarters in New Jersey, and plans to use the campus as a seminary. The campus includes six dormitories ...