Concord Baptist Church has broken ground on a new $14.3 million, 39,000-square-foot education and worship building. The three-story "Next-Gen Building" will house separate spaces for preschool ...

Royal Baptist was formed in 1888, when about 15 members withdrew from St. Paul Baptist in Anderson to establish a new congregation in the city. The first church building was on Manning Street.

Chronicle/Kendra Stanley-MillsNorton Shores resident Barbara C. Smith is the local organizer of "A Christian Around the Clock" musical at New Light Baptist Church, 2436 Seventh in Muskegon Heights.