At Bethel United Methodist Church in Lower Burrell, Pastor Clint Phillips is feeling the weight of some of that grief himself. “My home church left, and many of my dear friends left as pastors.

Special Agents with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division are searching for information about an early morning church ...

click image for close-up Construction of Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, shown in this 1804 engraving, was completed in 1805. It replaced the original structure ...