Exterior of Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia on Tuesday, November 21, 2023. (Hyosub Shin / [email protected]) By AJC Staff. Updated Jan 4, 2025.

ATLANTA - Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, held its first Sunday service Jan. 5 following the passing of former President Jimmy Carter. Known for his faith and service, Carter taught ...

Jimmy Carter's remains arrived at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia. 3:20 p.m.: The body of former President Jimmy Carter returns to Georgia to be laid to rest next to his wife, ...

PLAINS, Ga. — Maranatha Baptist Church is nestled in an old grove of pecan trees on the outskirts of Plains. A week after the passing of its most famous congregant, ...

Maranatha Baptist Church is a small rural church, which broke off of Plains Baptist Church in 1977 to embrace racial inclusiveness. On any given Sunday now, Maranatha has about 30-40 members ...

Only Carter’s closest kin attended a funeral at the small, local Maranatha Baptist Church, where Carter taught Sunday school from 1981 to 2019. ... 2025, in Plains, Georgia.

First woman to lead Jimmy Carter’s rural church left the big city for a Plains life By Shelia Poole Atlanta Journal-Constitution Updated December 27, 2024 1:20 PM ...

People in Plains, Ga., are remembering former President Jimmy Carter who died on Sunday at the age of 100. ... People gathered for a candlelight vigil at Marantha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga., ...

PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Before reaching ... FILE - Former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday School class at Maranatha Baptist Church in his hometown on Aug. 23, 2015, in Plains, Ga. (AP Photo ...

Plains Baptist is the church Carter grew up in, but he left it due to its resistance to integration. ... “Plains, Georgia. Home of Jimmy Carter. Our 39th President,” the red, ...

Special Air Mission 39 will arrive at Lawson Army Airfield in Fort Moore, Georgia, at 2 p.m. Carter and his family will then travel by motorcade to Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains for a private ...