LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Mount Gilead Baptist Church is the oldest African American church in Lubbock County. The church was started in 1917, by eight Black community members. In 1987, they received ...

This Easter Sunday, at 5:15 a.m., churchgoers will begin arriving for the sunrise service at Mt. Gilead, formerly AME (or African-Methodist-Episcopal) church, much as they did when the churchbegan in ...

In 1917, eight Black community members in Lubbock gathered for the first organizational meeting for what is now known as the Mount Gilead Baptist Church. Now, over 100 year later, the Lubbock County ...

The Norfolk Wives Club Peninsula–Norfolk #91 is supporting the Wreaths Across America initiative by seeking donations to sponsor wreaths at the Hampton National ...

Members of a historic African-American church in downtown Fort Worth have successfully stopped the sale of their building. The three church leaders who were pushing the sale have agreed that they have ...

Mount Gilead Baptist Church is safe for now. A state district judge recently granted a restraining order that keeps the future of the historic black church, which was offered for sale this spring, in ...

The Texas Historical Commission (THC) has designated Mount Gilead Baptist Church as a significant part of Lubbock and Texas history by awarding it an Official Texas Historical Marker in 1984. The ...

A nondenominational church in Chesterfield County is serving its community by using some of its land to grow crops. According to ABC News, parishioner William Dugger, Sr. has been tending to land ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Health officials with the Peoples Pharmacy are set to host a vaccine clinic on Saturday, November 13 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Mt. Gilead Missionary Baptist Church. The clinic is ...