KARA PETERS SAT DOWN WITH HODGES, FORMER PASTOR AND SHARES THE IMPACT SHE HAD ON HER CHURCH COMMUNITY. MICHAEL BARRETT TELLS ME MELODY HODGES BECAME A MEMBER OF PLEASANT GARDEN BAPTIST CHURCH IN 1998.

The funeral service began at 10 a.m. at Pleasant Garden Baptist Church, where a public visitation was also held Thursday. More than 400 visitors tearfully watched from the church’s gymnasium due ...

Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Dorchester celebrated 85 years of ministry last week with a revival that concluded Sunday with two services led by guest ministers and a community dinner.

says he was Melodi Hodges' pastor at Pleasant Garden Baptist Church for over 20 years. From the moment she walked through the doors, she got involved. "Probably the main characteristic about her ...