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The handwritten resolution, signed by 116 Baptist ministers from Massachusetts who called slavery “repugnant,” was thought to ...
Following retirement of Forrest Harris, Sr., after 26 years as American Baptist president, Sunday School Publishing Board exec to serve in interim.
Bernard Lafeyette, a Civil Rights hero and former American Baptist president, speaks during the American Baptist commencement ceremony at Fifteenth Avenue Baptist Church in Nashville, Tenn ...
After the death of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church's pastor in 2022, they welcome a new, young pastor just in time for Easter Sunday.
Who signed the document? Rev. Diane Badger, the administrator of the American Baptist Church of Massachusetts who oversees the archive, teamed up with Rev. John Odams of the First Baptist Church in ...
Civil Rights hero Bernard Lafayette addresses American Baptist College graduates, including formerly incarcerated valedictorian Cyrus Wilson.
The oldest African American Baptist church on Staten Island celebrates 155th anniversary Published: May. 16, 2025, 3:05 p.m.
(RNS) — ABCUSA’s new leader stands out, as only 13% of ABCUSA churches are pastored by women, and 86% of women in Baptist churches still report facing obstacles in their ministry because of ...
SOUTH BEND — Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church, the city’s first African-American Baptist church, donated by the Studebaker brothers and moved to its current location before the turn of the ...
The pastor of Mesquite Friendship Baptist Church comes out of the deep traditions of the African-American church, and he's past president of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention.
Civil Rights hero Bernard Lafayette addresses American Baptist College graduates, including formerly incarcerated valedictorian Cyrus Wilson.