New Bethel Baptist Church gave Aretha Franklin her start and on Thursday, she returned there. The superstar, who died earlier this month at the age of 76 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, lay in ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — New Bethel Baptist church, where Aretha Franklin started singing, is planning to put up a mural that will honor her legacy. The mural would honor ...

People were praying for Aretha Franklin Wednesday in the Detroit church where her father was once a pastor. The special vigil at New Bethel Baptist Church began before dawn Wednesday. More than 75 ...

Throughout Aretha Franklin's life, her faith was a central part of her identity, influencing and guiding her journey to stardom. On Friday, her spiritual grounding in the black church will be on ...

On January 13, 1972, Aretha Franklin walked into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles and sang one of the world’s most well-known church hymns, “Amazing Grace." The rest is history.

Albums don’t “matter,” anymore. But they used to, and when they did, Aretha Franklin, who died on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, was responsible for one of the very best: “Amazing Grace,” a live album ...

When Aretha Franklin sang “Amazing Grace” inside Los Angeles’ New Temple Missionary Baptist Church on Jan. 13, 1972, Rev. James Cleveland was so overcome with emotion he left the piano bench, took a ...

The Aretha Franklin documentary 'Amazing Grace' on Sunday had its Los Angeles premiere at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts, where the film was originally shot in 1972. By Kristin ...

“Amazing Grace” is coming home. Nearly half a century after Aretha Franklin appeared at a modest Baptist church in South Los Angeles, resulting in a gospel album that would become one of the ...

A joyful noise was made as choir members returned to the South L.A. site. Sorrowful ones were heard as Nipsey Hussle's death was announced. Not many, if any, of the great music documentaries or ...

DETROIT (AP) — People are praying for Aretha Franklin in the Detroit church where her father was once a pastor. The special vigil at New Bethel Baptist Church began before dawn Wednesday. The prayers ...