The Rev. John Alford was in court Wednesday to testify against his alleged attacker. Sitting less than 20 feet away, donned in an orange jumpsuit and uncuffed, was that man, Lester Kearney.

Pastor John Alford survived a brutal series of events when his home was broken into and set on fire earlier this year, but he is now sharing the horrific details of what happened on the March day ...

John Alford made it out of the house badly burned, but alive to preach again. Nancy Alford did not survive in a tragedy her husband believes was God’s plan. “Her devotion that day was to me.

The Rev. John Alford, a civil rights legend, humanitarian extraordinaire and local Baptist minister, widely beloved, graduated into the heavenlies this past Thanksgiving week. How appropriately ...

The marker stands just outside of the Mt. Gillard Missionary Baptist Church, where Alford held the pastorate from 1974 to 2004. He died Nov. 19, 2018.