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 ...

A church that has stood in East Finley Township for nearly 180 years will soon go to auction and be torn down, but some hope to preserve the building. Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, located at the ...