As Former President Jimmy Carter of Plains, Georgia remains in hospice care, we’re learning more about his hometown church’s history, and how Carter’s fight for integration in the 1970′s ...

Easter Sunday in Plains will look much the same for the small congregation at Maranatha Baptist Church.

Pastor Tony Lowden gives the eulogy during the funeral service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Maranatha Baptist Church, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Plains, Ga. Alex Brandon/Associated Press ...

Services for former first lady Rosalynn Carter continue Wednesday with a private funeral at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains.

Members of the church where former President Jimmy Carter taught Sunday school for more than four decades paid tribute after learning the 98-year-old entered home hospice care in Plains, Georgia.

Since its inception, Second Baptist Church in Dover Plains has been continuously open for worship except for during the recent pandemic.

Officials and community leaders gathered on Wednesday at the Plains Post Office to dedicate the building to the late ...

When the Carters left the White House in 1981, having had enough of the lingering racial tensions at Plains Baptist Church, they transferred to nearby Maranatha Baptist Church, Balmer said.

Former President Jimmy Carter taught Sunday school at a modest church in his hometown of Plains for more than 40 years. On Jan. 9, it will host a final farewell service for the former president.

Outside of the church and throughout plains, people lined the streets. They waved flags and signs in honor of the president. Shenita James traveled from Parrot, Georgia to pay her respects.