In the heart of Antioch, a beacon of faith has stood tall for 156 years. Lake Providence Missionary Baptist Church, founded by recently freed slaves from nearby plantations.

The old — and these days rarely used — name for the area was Lake Providence, which took its name from Lake Providence Missionary Baptist Church, ... Nashville, TN 37206 Phone: 615-244-7989.

At Crievewood Baptist, Fox allegedly broke in around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday through the kitchen area and then set fire to the Sunday school, according to Worship Ministry Assistant Michelle Guy.

"God has big plans in 2015," associate minister Devan Franklin repeats from the pulpit at Lake Providence Baptist Church, as gospel singers trail off within the church's expansive belly. In the ...