DANIA BEACH, Fla. — The former head of a national organization of black Baptist churches, who spent four years in prison for stealing millions of dollars from the group, lost ...

Arthur King is a deacon at United Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church where Rev. Prince Raney Rivers has been the pastor for nearly 12 years, Friday, Apr. 7, 2017, in Winston-Salem, N.C. Rivers ...

Melvin E. “Gene” Bowie, 84, passed away Monday June 16, 2025 at home surrounded by his family. Born in St. Marys, WV on January 13, 1941, he was a son of the late Charles and Zelma Hashman Bowie.

The church played host to the happening, with its adjacent property on North Fair Oaks Avenue the site of dozens of vendors, nonprofit informational booths, food, activities and a stage of live music.

Greater New Bethel Baptist Church Trustee Willie King, who has been a member of the church since 1972, points to the new 2 story foyer being added onto the 124-year-old church, one of the oldest in ...