After years of being abandoned, a Washington, D.C. church structure that was built in the 1800s is now under new ownership and getting a new life.

For more than a century, the building served the community as a church. Then, like many neglected D.C. properties, it fell into disrepair. In 2002, visionaries bought the building and transformed it into an art venue. Now, National Community Church Senior Pastor Mark Batterson plans to preserve and blend its legacy with a new season of creativity and culture.

Walls that hold decades of prayers also showcase the work of local D.C. creative, NCC Artist in Residence, Benjamin Baugham.

"When people interact with the painting, their mind immediately goes to a verse in the gospel. And I think that embodies what I want to do with most of my artwork,

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