Detroit — Detroit's New Bethel Baptist Church, where parishioners still think of the church as that of the late-Rev. C.L. Franklin, despite the Rev. Robert Smith’s decades as senior pastor, ...

Faith, civil rights and ‘joy’: Bethel Baptist Church, a pillar of Black life in San Diego, celebrates 100 years In 1921, the 10 members of the Baptist Mission met in their homes to pray.