RICHMOND, Va -- Around the age of 10, Delores Terry Henderson visited First African Baptist Church and hasn't left since. “I've been a member for 70 years,” Henderson said.

A proposal in the state budget calls for Virginia Commonwealth University to relinquish control of the former First African Baptist Church at 1400 E. Broad St. in downtown ... in Richmond, Va.

RICHMOND, Va. -- First African Baptist Church stands tall at 2700 Hanes Avenue in Richmond. The ministry has been in the city for almost two centuries and is a big part of its history.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The First Baptist Church of South Richmond unveiled a new historical marker Sunday, honoring the church’s deep roots in the city. The 200-year-old church revealed a new ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Signs of normalcy are returning throughout central Virginia. A Richmond church will hold in-person services for the first time since the pandemic began. Richmond’s First ...

First Baptist Church of South Richmond traces its origins to the African Church of Manchester, the city that stood across the James from Richmond until they merged in the early 1900s.

First African Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa will host a day of events on June 9 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of "Bloody Tuesday," a pivotal moment in the city's civil rights movement. The ...

NEW RICHMOND, Ohio — An old church with historical significance has a new owner. Historic New Richmond Inc. took over Second Baptist Church, one of the few historic Black churches left standing ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Richmond City Sheriff’s Office has partnered with multiple Baptist churches in the area to provide mobile showers, starting Tuesday. The program, “Dignity on the ...

The rebuilding of one of the nation's oldest Black churches , whose congregants first gathered outdoors in secret before ...

These are actually an African language being written on the pews that go back to the 1850s. Many don't realize that Africans were writing in Arabic back in the 1850s in Savannah," says Jamal. These ...

First Baptist Church and William and Mary came together in song, prayer and celebration to kick off the church’s “beyond february” initiative Sunday morning. The event is a campai… ...