ATLANTA - Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, held its first Sunday service Jan. 5 following the passing of former President Jimmy Carter. Known for his faith and service, Carter taught ...

PLAINS, Ga. — Jimmy Carter, the nation's 38th president, has finished his journey home to Plains for a final service before his burial. He will be memorialized in a private service at his home ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – Plains, Georgia, is preparing to bid farewell to a beloved resident, Jimmy Carter. His longtime church, Maranatha Baptist, is at the center of these preparations. The town of ...

Only Carter’s closest kin attended a funeral at the small, local Maranatha Baptist Church, where Carter taught Sunday school from 1981 to 2019. “Family that knew him as Jimmy, not Jimmy Carter ...

That’s when Jimmy Carter announced that he would be cutting back on his Sunday school teaching schedule at Maranatha Baptist Church. He had taught there since 1981 after leaving the White House ...

It was March 25, 2019, a day after Lowden, who had pastored at churches in Macon and Warner Robins, served as a guest preacher at Maranatha Baptist Church, the home church in Plains of former ...

5:15 p.m.: Jimmy Carter's remains arrived at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia. 3:20 p.m.: The body of former President Jimmy Carter returns to Georgia to be laid to rest next to his ...

One Sunday morning in 2019, President Jimmy Carter asked the attendees of the Sunday morning service at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia to raise their hand if they had someone that ...

A private family funeral will be held at his beloved Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains on Thursday afternoon. The church’s new pastor will be co-presiding over the funeral, even though she ...