GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Messiah Missionary Baptist Church, the oldest black Baptist church in Grand Rapids, is celebrating 125 years. “Messiah Missionary Baptist Church was founded in 1890 and at ...

Every December, Ernestine Adams dances to the music and thanks the Lord she’s still around to sing Handel’s "Messiah" at Zion Baptist Church in Louisville's West End. This year marks the 70th singing ...

One of Yonkers oldest African American churches is now a state and national landmark. Messiah Baptist Church celebrated the status with a special service on Tuesday. Hundreds packed into the historic ...

YONKERS - Messiah Baptist Church has applied for a historic landmark designation. The church at 76 Warburton Ave. submitted a landmarking application Feb. 21 to the Yonkers Planning Bureau and listed ...

GRAND RAPIDS -- The Rev. Clarence James offers many explanations: feminism, the sexual revolution, the unsupervised anonymity of urban living. His answer for stemming the tide of out-of-wedlock ...