The congregation is continuing to meet elsewhere, but the 175-year-old church building was lost to fire damage.

Faith leaders in Antioch address school shootings in church services Sunday. We heard from leaders with Mt. Zion Baptist ...

There is hope down the road, no matter how hopeless it may seem right now.” That is the main message that Darrell Hurst is ...

Kevin Jiang, 26, a Yale graduate student and former Army National Guardsman, was gunned down in New Haven, Connecticut. What ...

Kevin Jiang, 26, a Yale graduate student and former Army National Guardsman, was gunned down in New Haven, Connecticut. What ...

AARP Foundation Tax-Aide offers free tax prep and Mount Zion First African Baptist Church hosts its Martin Luther King Jr.

Area houses of worship are invited to share their news for our free weekly listings. Email information to Mercury Editor Tony ...

Members of various local churches gathered at First Baptist Church in Mathews on Sunday to celebrate the life and legacy of ...

A man born into slavery in Alexandria, Louisiana became a journalist, preacher, and the editor of The Tribune in New Orleans before moving across the nation to serve two causes: Jesus and equality.

The King Holiday Commitee presented NAACP Peoria Branch president Marvin Hightower with a Dr. Martin Luther King commemorative leadership award Monday.

Sanford and Lee County turned out in a big way on Sunday to honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at a monument erected in his name along South Horner Boulevard. On Saturday, more than 400 ...