'God would bring us through it': Forest pastor to rebuild church after explosion

FOREST, Va. (WSET) — Almost a year after an explosion nearly leveled a beloved and longstanding church in Forest, the pastor ...

Nearly a year after explosion, Forest Level Baptist Church begins to rebuild

This comes nearly a year after an explosion reduced Forest Level Baptist Church, in Forest, to debris. For nearly a year, the ...
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Something new is going inside Richmond's old Second Baptist Church

Three years after it was facing the wrecking ball, the century-old Second Baptist Church building beside The Jefferson Hotel ...

Forest church to be 'safely demolished' very soon, nine months after explosion

FOREST, Va. (WSET) — Nine months after an explosion heavily damaged and almost destroyed a beloved Bedford County church, ...

Williamsburg’s Oak Grove Baptist Church dedicates new headstones for baby cemetery

The church dedicated 10 headstones for the children buried in the cemetery, which was rediscovered in 2021 and is currently ...
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Rebuilding one of the nation’s oldest Black churches begins at Juneteenth ceremony

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — The rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, whose congregants first gathered outdoors in secret before constructing a wooden meetinghouse in Virginia, started ...
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Jefferson Hotel owner to turn Second Baptist Church building into banquet hall

It is not an easy decision … because you’ve got a real old building that, no matter what you do, is going to take a fair ...
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Descendants of historic Black church get first look at artifacts from archaeological dig

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — After more than two years, the archaeological dig at Williamsburg's historic First Baptist Church is over. The excavation at the site of one of the oldest known churches in the ...