The Rev. Jerry McAfee is pastor of New Salem Missionary Baptist Church and operates nonprofits that for years have done violence prevention work for the city, downtown improvement district and state.

Local officials were recently notified that the New Salem Baptist Church ... According to Halstead, the church was established on Sept. 25, 1921. “The original pastor was Mr. (Burton Linwood ...

On a snowy early March day in the old coal camp community of Tams, three friends lifted their voices in song while discussing a historic Black Raleigh County church and community presence.