First Baptist was formed in 1821 and is one of Richmond’s seminal Black churches. Binga led the congregation from 1872 to 1919 and was one of the longest-serving pastors after the Civil War era.

The rebuilding of one of the nation's oldest Black churches , whose congregants first gathered outdoors in secret before constructing a wooden meetinghouse in Virginia, started Thursday with a ...

North Pamunkey Baptist Church in Orange County will soon boast its own highway marker, courtesy of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. The church, founded in 1774, had its two founding ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — The rebuilding of one of the nation's oldest Black churches, whose congregants first gathered outdoors in secret before constructing a wooden meetinghouse in Virginia ...

MOBILE NEWSROOM At 100, Church Hill resident reflects on Richmond's past From the Collection: Stories from The Times-Dispatch Mobile Newsroom series Chelsea Jackson Jul 15, 2024 0 ...

The First Baptist Church of Williamsburg established itself in 1776, although parishioners met before then in fields and under trees in defiance of laws that prevented African Americans from ...

A couple who lost everything in a Shockoe Bottom fire receives furniture and sewing supplies from a stranger, forming an unexpected friendship through adversity.

Stoney, despite a mayoral campaign that suggested otherwise, never seemed to comprehend how skeptical Richmond voters were of ...

Fairfax City’s Juneteenth celebration, held June 14 in Old Town Square, included food and crafts vendors, children’s ...

Lillie T. Pettus was born Oct. 4, 1946, to the late Daisy G. Britton and Archie James Thomas. She went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, June 25, 2025, after a long-fought illness. She was educated ...

The holiday to mark the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued on June 19, 1865, as Union troops arrived in Galveston at the end of the Civil War. General Order No. 3 declared that ...

FRONT ROYAL — The Town Council gave a local private school the go-ahead on Monday to set up in the former town hall.