It was more than enough to convince the West Baltimore minister he should carry a gun and have a uniformed armed guard present for all church activities to keep himself and his flock safe.

The Rev. Dr. Donte Hickman has enjoyed remarkable success in his 22 years as pastor of Southern Baptist Church in East Baltimore. He has nearly doubled the congregation to 4,000 members, spearheaded a ...

This column is something like a Thanksgiving feast, with much to offer and much to be grateful for, if mainly for the good fortune of others — in this case, the people of East Baltimore, Broadway East ...

When her teenage daughter came out as a lesbian several years ago, one of the first things Caroline Joyce did was to Google, “Can you be gay and be a Christian?” The family was attending a ...

From its towering white steeple and red-brick facade to its Sunday services filled with rousing gospel hymns and evangelistic sermons, First Baptist Church of Alexandria, Virginia, bears many of the ...