Six months after a stolen car crashed into St. John African Methodist Church for the second time in just half a year, the ...

Faith, fellowship and family collide at the Union Grove Missionary Baptist Church, a tightly knit congregation tucked just ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — A ceremonial groundbreaking will be held Thursday for the rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, whose congregants first gathered outdoors in secret before ...

The First Baptist Church of Williamsburg established itself in 1776, although parishioners met before then in fields and under trees in defiance of laws that prevented African Americans from ...

Trinity’s congregation included some of the city’s most prominent Black leaders: Rev. Cornelius Dawson, who helped found Barrett Early Learning Center in 1935; George Ferguson, who headed the ...

Ground had been broken in Virginia for the rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches. ... The congregation numbered about 500, which included people on surrounding plantations.

This past Sunday, Members of the British Methodist Episcopal Church – Grace Centre of Owen Sound held a ceremony and ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — The rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, ... The congregation numbered about 500, which included people on surrounding plantations.

In the early 1800s, the congregation acquired the property for the original church from a local white merchant. The land was low, soft and often soggy — hardly ideal for building, said Jack Gary ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — The rebuilding of one of the nation's oldest Black churches, ... The congregation numbered about 500, which included people on surrounding plantations.

Ground had been broken in Virginia for the rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches. ... The congregation numbered about 500, which included people on surrounding plantations.