It's not that uncommon for a church to use "first" in its title – such as First Baptist Church of Spartanburg, or First Presbyterian Church of Greenville. But how does First Slavic Baptist Church of ...

SWANNANOA – A few blocks away from where debris and rubble has slowly begun clearing from the Swannanoa River's banks, the warm smell of breakfast and the sound of calm instrumentals wafted out from ...

After the opening prayer, a recent Sunday morning service at First Slavic Baptist Church resounded with drums, chimes, guitar and the sung refrain “Slava Bogu” – Russian for “Praise the Lord.” All the ...

Russian hymns flowed from the gymnasium at Thompson Station Church on Easter Sunday afternoon. Inside, rows of folding chairs — set up as makeshift pews — seated hundreds of people who now call Middle ...