Springfield Baptist Church’s sesquicentennial celebration marks a long and proud legacy of spiritual leadership, social actions and active community engagements. A pillar of African American Society, ...

Speaker: the Rev. Jimmy Brown, pastor at St. Luke Memorial Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis Music: Zion’s Anniversary Choir, St. Luke Memorial Music Ministry At the center of a kind of social ...

Springfield Baptist Church is not the oldest black Baptist church in Greenville County (that distinction belongs to Jubilee Baptist on Rutherford Road near Greer), but it is arguably one of the most ...

A Springfield church reached a landmark anniversary this year and is planning for its next century. Mt. Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church, located at 1870 Clay Street, is celebrating its 100th ...

GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – Here is a look inside a Greenville County church that has been a pivotal marker in civil rights history. In fact, it’s one of the oldest black Baptist congregations in ...

Editor's note: For more than 140 years, The Greenville News has told the story of our community and the people who live here. Each day this year we are publishing a brief piece of our history – ...

A Springfield church is celebrating its bicentennial anniversary this year. The Bethel Baptist Church was founded April 20, 1822 – 200 years ago. The church will host a celebration and luncheon Sunday ...

Back then, with clouds of the country’s coming division looming, to create a church was nothing short of miraculous. In 1863, 25 people – 13 white and 12 black – joined together to start Galilee ...

SPRINGFIELD — Mount Calvary Baptist Church with its pastor, Rev. Dr. Mark E. Flowers, celebrated its 100th anniversary on Thursday, May 16, at celebration at Tower Square Hotel. The centennial ...