Honoring Black History: Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church
At Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Fairmont, Senior Pastor Dr. Mark A. Staples says that they try to share Black history all year long, because Black history is “all our history.” ...
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Greater Union Baptist Church rebuilt nearly six years after arson fire
Matthews also burnt down St. Mary Missionary Baptist Church on March 26th, 2019 and Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church on April 4th, 2019. Matthews was sentenced to 25 years in prison. News 10 spoke with ...
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With new leadership, nation's largest Black Protestant group confronts existential decline
New programs aim to equip small church pastors ... in Birmingham, Alabama. “We got worse over 10 years instead of better.” The NBCUSA is one of four major Black Baptist denominations in ...
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Grief, strength and the endurance of Sacred Spaces
In March and April of 2019, one after the other, St. Mary Baptist Church in Port Barre, and Greater Union Baptist Church and Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, both in Opelousas, went up in flames.
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The Reverend Allen Swofford will officiate. Interment will follow at the cemetery of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church No. 2 "The Hill Church". The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 11:00 ...