President Donald Trump’s inaugural benediction on the federal holiday that celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. included an ...

"Committee members had found a version of the hymn with the alternate text in the Celebrating Grace Hymnal, a Baptist hymnal published in 2010. They assumed the songwriters already had agreed to the ...

10:24 a.m.: Grandson Joshua Carter recalled the former president's years of teaching Sunday school at Marantha Baptist Church ...

Plains, Georgia, is preparing to bid farewell to a beloved resident, Jimmy Carter. His longtime church, Maranatha Baptist, is at the center of these preparations. The town ...

Obama sat next to Trump and the two longtime political rivals chatted amiably as the dignitaries filed in for the service.

11:56 a.m.: While Carter chose mostly hymns for his service ... and his family will then travel by motorcade to Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains for a private funeral service at 3:45 p.m ...

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is being honored with the pageantry of a funeral in the nation’s capital before a second ...

PLAINS, Ga. - Former President Jimmy Carter will be buried on Thursday after two ceremonies celebrating his life in Washington, D.C. and in Georgia. For nearly a week, remembrances of the only ...

Pastor Bonnie welcomed everyone to the service. The night was filled with Christmas hymns, “O Come, All Ye Faithful”, What Child Is This?”, “Joy to the World” and “The Birthday of a ...

This hymnal turns death into a celebration ... We could see Carter falling in love with this song throughout his time at Maranatha Baptist Church. Though that answer somewhat surprises us given ...

Sometimes, I remember how it felt to believe. The aching, constant hum that was always inside me. Faith is not always the ...

Baptist, Adventist, and Reformed Christian. Many include prayers, scripture readings, singing of hymns, holy communion and preaching a message. Below are a few activities we know are taking place ...