When Plains Baptist Church voted overwhelmingly in the 1950s to bar Blacks and “racial agitators” from membership, Jimmy ...

The church's 134-year-old sanctuary was destroyed by a fire in July. Now, we have a closer look at the plan to rebuild.

Maranatha Baptist Church has a rich history in Plains, Georgia. Its first service was held May 22, 1977, the original ...

Pastor Warren Stewart Sr., who led the fight for a paid state MLK Day holiday, is retiring after nearly 50 years at the helm ...

Mr. Carter said his spiritual rebirth was an “evolutionary thing” rather than “a flash of light or a sudden vision of God ...

In 1801, when President Thomas Jefferson took office, members of the Baptist Church of Danbury wrote him a letter. "They were ...

Jimmy Carter was one of the most explicitly religious presidents, but his rise in politics came during a transformative era in American Christianity.

Six months ago, though, Guthas gave her first sermon as pastor of Maranatha Baptist Church. Today, she considers it home. “Maranatha is unique in how it has welcomed people from all over the ...

Former President Jimmy Carter’s longtime church, Maranatha Baptist, is preparing to bid farewell to the hometown hero. WSAV spoke with church leaders about how the small ...