Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up Bethesda Temple Church is about to put $2 million up in smoke. On ...

When James Archie Johnson moved his family to St. Louis from Michigan on May 9, 1950 to lead the then-100 member Bethesda Temple Church, he had no idea that it would be an assignment for life. In ...

UPDATE 12:32 p.m.: Ash was still floating through the air near Bethesda Temple Apostolic Church late Friday morning as firemen escorted church leaders through the rubble, helping them salvage some of ...

Perhaps it was divine inspiration that resulted in Temple Emanu-El and The Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea holding their Blessing of the Animals ceremonies on the same sunny Sunday. “That was ...