Her grandfather, Harry Burroughs, fled Russian pogroms and moved to the U.S., where he launched philanthropic endeavors.

In the face of danger, first responders can use all the help they can get, several said during the annual blessing of vehicles Sunday at Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church. “When we’re r… ...

THE Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said that his country “deeply regrets that a stray ammunition” hit the Holy Family Church — the only Roman Catholic Church in Gaza — on Thursday.

A man has been charged with a rash of break-ins at Holy Name Church in Fall River, accused of stealing thousands in collection plate money.

The handwritten resolution, signed by 116 Baptist ministers from Massachusetts who called slavery “repugnant,” was thought to have been lost.

The Rev. Diane Badger, the administrator of the American Baptist Church of Massachusetts who oversees the archive, teamed up with the Rev. John Odams of the First Baptist Church in Boston to identify ...

A closer look revealed the 5-foot-long document was a handwritten declaration titled “A Resolution and Protest Against Slavery,” signed by 116 New England ministers in Boston and adopted March ...

Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box among some 18th and 19th century journals. Opening it, she found a scroll in pristine condition.

A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding light on the church's support for ending slavery.

Among them was Nathaniel Colver, of Tremont Temple in Boston, one of the first integrated churches in the country, now known as Tremont Temple Baptist Church.