One hundred and forty years ago, the Rev. Samuel K. Taylor gave birth to Bethlehem Baptist Church. He didn't have a pulpit to preach from, and his followers didn't have a building to worship in.

Ground had been broken in Virginia for the rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches. Thursday's Juneteenth ceremony was at Colonial Williamsburg, a museum that owns the land where the ...

On Juneteenth, a groundbreaking ceremony was held in Williamsburg to rebuild the African Baptist meeting house. The church ...

The First Baptist Church of Williamsburg established itself in 1776, although parishioners met before then in fields and ...

On Juneteenth, the community celebrated the groundbreaking for the African Baptist Meeting House and the public opening of ...