Just north of Westville, Oklahoma, off of U.S. 59 on Old Mission Mountain Road sits the Old Baptist Mission Church, built in 1888 at the site of the mission and church established in the early 1840s.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — The rebuilding of one of the nation's oldest Black churches, whose congregants first gathered outdoors in secret before constructing a wooden meetinghouse in Virginia ...

Elm Grove Baptist Church began full-time services on September 3, 1995, under the current leadership of Pastor Jesse C. Turner. As time passed, more additions and adjustments to the church were made.

Having seen its 135th birthday last month, Spokane’s Calvary Baptist Church is known as the oldest Black church in Washington. Since its founding in 1890 – two months after Washington attained ...

First Missionary Baptist Church in Little Rock, which was founded by an enslaved man, is turning 180 years old. Its story is one of faith, resilience, and leadership—including a historic visit ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The oldest African American Baptist church on Staten Island, St. Philip’s Baptist Church, turns 155 years old on Sunday, May 18. To mark the occasion, a special ...

The National Baptist Convention, USA, is one of four major Black Baptist denominations in the U.S. and is the oldest and largest of the four.

SPOKANE, Wash. — Washington’s oldest Black Church will be celebrating 135 years in the state this weekend. There’s history all around us, and way back in the year 1890, Black settlers in ...