"Our hope and peace rest in the finished work of Jesus Christ at Calvary," said Carl Staten, elder of Little Flock Primitive Baptist Church. "He did not make salvation a possibility or probability, ...

What inspired you to write Strangers Below: Primitive Baptists and American Culture? I heard the Primitives before I knew anything about them. It was their singing. There was a keening voice begging ...

The 2,500 Baptists from around the country gathering in Chicago this week for a convention of prayer, song and foot-washing are at once primitive and progressive. Representing a Dallas-based Baptist ...

Editor’s Note: Churches with History is an ongoing series about some of Northeast Mississippi’s most storied houses of worship. To suggest a church, contact news editor Adam Armour at ...

RIPLEY • Pine Hill Primitive Baptist Church, established at least 179 years ago, is thought to be the oldest active church in Tippah County. Although the earliest church records were lost in a fire, ...

The Daily Yonder highlights a centuries-old Appalachian hymn singing tradition, still uplifting souls through heartfelt ...

On Sept. 26, 1926, 26 men and women constituted Bethany Church. Membership more than doubled in the first year. In 1927, the congregation relocated to a new brick meeting house on Moreland Avenue in ...

Chuck Rusnak of Clifton stood in the middle of the Clifton Primitive Baptist Church, on all-original wooden floors laid in 1871 for an All-African American Church built on land donated by an ...

Chattanooga Primitive Baptist Church will hold a centennial celebration this weekend with events today and Sunday. Today, services will be offered at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., with lunch provided in ...

The Miami Primitive Baptist Church has plenty of room to grow at its new home in southwest Broward County. The congregation, which traces its roots to a 1925 “sawdust tabernacle” on the north side of ...

The National Primitive Baptist Convention is holding its 108th annual session through Friday in the Lone Star Ballroom at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel, 400 N. Olive St. The convention started last Sunday ...