This mass baptism was the first in a series that led to the founding of Pottstown’s First Baptist Church. It was the result of the inspirational preaching of the Rev. David Jefferis, the pastor ...

John Wilkerson, who has been the pastor of First Baptist Church of Long Beach, Calif., since June 4, 2000, will speak to the Hammond congregation Wednesday. The church is expected to vote on ...

In Hammond, just over the state line in Indiana ... that are part of the seven-square-block campus of the First Baptist Church of Hammond. In all, the church owns about 20 buildings along State ...

The religious metaphor of the shepherd and the flock was never more appropriate than for those who managed the First Baptist Church of Hammond. But this is that other darker, cruel shepherd-flock ...

Dr. Jack Schaap, who has been pastor of First Baptist Church in Hammond for 11 years, was removed Tuesday, according to a church spokesman. The spokesman would not provide the woman's age ...