Baptist
Latest Stories

Guns4.jpg
Lone Oak First Baptist Church in Kentucky lures locals with gun giveaway.

Guns2.jpg
Lone Oak First Baptist Church in Kentucky lures locals with gun giveaway.

Guns1.jpg
Lone Oak First Baptist Church in Kentucky lures locals with gun giveaway.

8fd3521436d404054b0f6a70670086af.jpg
FOR RELEASE SUNDAY, FEB. 9, 2014, AT 12:01 A.M. EST. - In this photo from Jan. 31, 2014, South Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper Lance Cpl. Billy Elder stands inside Silica Springs Baptist Church located in Gaffney, S.C. on Friday, Jan. 31, 2014. He plans to leave his post next month to serve as the full-time minister at the church. (AP Photo/Spartanburg Herald-Journal, Michael Justus)

105b21335d0b26054b0f6a706700932d.jpg
ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, FEB. 10, AND THEREAFTER - In a Jan. 30, 2014 photo, Jim Freeman stands outside the bell tower at the MT. Vernon Baptist Church, in Mt. Vernon, N.C., where the 1898 church bell was dedicated recently after its return to the church after more than 50 years. (AP Photo/The Daily Courier, Jean Gordon)

847596685d0b26054b0f6a706700b345.jpg
ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, FEB. 10, AND THEREAFTER - In a Jan. 30, 2014 photo, Jim Freeman stands outside the bell tower at the MT. Vernon Baptist Church, in Mt. Vernon, N.C., where the 1898 church bell was dedicated recently after its return to the church after more than 50 years. (AP Photo/The Daily Courier, Jean Gordon)

90f417ec5d0c26054b0f6a70670092b5.jpg
ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, FEB. 10, AND THEREAFTER - In a Jan. 30, 2014 photo, The 1868 bell that was placed in the first Mt. Vernon Baptist Church building has been returned to the the MT. Vernon Baptist Church, in Mt. Vernon, N.C. The 1898 church bell was dedicated recently after its return to the church after more than 50 years. (AP Photo/The Daily Courier, Jean Gordon)

bcdb85fd5d0d26054b0f6a706700ab89.jpg
ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, FEB. 10, AND THEREAFTER - In a Jan. 30, 2014 photo, the new bell tower at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church in Mt. Vernon, N.C., was erected with funds raised by a Sunday School class and a memorial fund at the church. The 1898 church bell was dedicated recently after its return to the church after more than 50 years. (AP Photo/The Daily Courier, Jean Gordon)