As a child growing up in segregated Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1950s and ’60s, there was one place where educator and preservationist Martha Bouyer felt valued: her community church. “Outside, I was ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X After more than 100 years, Bethel Baptist Church in West Scranton will say its final amen Sunday.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Camilla P. Thompson, 91, is fragile and slow in her steps. These days, her vision is dim, a victim of glaucoma, but her mind is bright as a 40-watt bulb "I like history," she ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X After more than 100 years, Bethel Baptist Church in West Scranton will say its final amen Sunday.

Only two years ago members of Bethel Baptist Church on New Carlisle Pike wondered if the pandemic would be over in time for them to celebrate their bicentennial in 2022. A new minister had arrived but ...

Detroit — Detroit's New Bethel Baptist Church, where parishioners still think of the church as that of the late-Rev. C.L. Franklin, despite the Rev. Robert Smith’s decades as senior pastor, and where ...

A Springfield church is celebrating its bicentennial anniversary this year. The Bethel Baptist Church was founded April 20, 1822 – 200 years ago. The church will host a celebration and luncheon Sunday ...

On Wednesday, January 21, 2026, Bethel Baptist Church of West Monroe announced the cancellation of all Sunday services and ...

One hundred and ten original logs survived from the first Protestant Church west of the Mississippi River, Old Bethel Baptist Church. "From these hand hewn poplar logs many people came together and ...