The arson attack was not the first time that Beth Israel’s congregants were faced with the task of rebuilding. In 1967, the ...

Churches from around the area reached out to the congregation to offer their up their facilities for the congregants, while ...

Create a safe space for your people. Pastors, prayer and a listening ear are primary. The Cross family often said how helpful ...

Throughout the service, little mention was made of the suspect who confessed to the arson, Stephen Spencer Pittman, a 19-year-old resident of a suburb of Jackson who told the FBI that he had targeted ...

The C.B. Nuckolls Community Center and Black History Museum is honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by following in his ...

The First Baptist Church in Gastonia celebrated its 150th anniversary with a momentous leadership change, selecting Johnathan ...

Beth Israel was also bombed in 1967 by the Ku Klux Klan. Artifacts that survived bombing were lost in the weekend fire.

BRYANT LEE BATTS II Bryant Lee Batts II, 45, also known to family and friends as Bucky, was born to Maire Sharpe and Charles “Eddie” Batts Jr. on Dec. 3, 1980, and passed away on Jan. 12, 2026. He was ...

This is your first child. Um, how does it feel now to finally have your baby right here with you today? Um, it feels like *** blessing honestly, because he decided when he wanted to get here. I was ...

After decades of delays, Jackson’s Immaculate Conception Church is finally rising: a new $18.6M sanctuary boosting capacity ...