Gregg had served as executive regional minister of the American Baptist Churches of Metro Chicago for seven years.

Betty Jean Jackson, 69, of North Chicago, IL, went to rest in her heavenly place on Friday, August 1, 2008. She was born November 28, 1938 in Holland, GA to the late Felton and Rosa Silmon.She was … ...

To walk into the First Baptist Church of North Chicago at 9 a.m. on a Sunday is to enter a maddening overlap of voices bouncing off the wooden-beamed cathedral ceiling, competing to be heard. Two S… ...

Hermon Baptist Church, 1754 North Clark Street, has been around since 1887. 13 African-American workers, residing and working on Chicago's Gold Coast, were the church's first singers.

The oldest African-American Baptist church on Chicago's North Side held its final services Sunday morning. 24/7 Live Chicago & Suburban Cook Co. North Suburbs West Suburbs South Suburbs NW Indiana.

Take a look around Stone Temple Baptist Church in North Lawndale and its fixtures tell its story. It was originally a synagogue established in 1926 by Romanian Jews who were escaping anti-Semitism.

This is from First Baptist’s 1920s church, which is now concealed inside the 1964 building. The 1960s were a time of booming growth for First Baptist, under pastor Jack Hyles (Schaap’s father ...

First Baptist began as North Charleston Baptist Church in April 1920, according to a book written about the many iterations of its congregation. John E. Huss was commissioned by the church to ...

CHICAGO — Pope Leo XIV delivered his first Sunday noon blessing from the loggia at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, three days after the 69-year-old Chicago-born missionary made history … ...

At First Baptist Church, the tradition continues, with more than 1,000 people gathering for services. Robinson, 63, has been the 149-year-old congregation's pastor for 42 years.