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.

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 ...

PLAINS, Ga. — Maranatha Baptist Church is nestled in an old grove of pecan trees on the outskirts of Plains. A week after the passing of its most famous congregant, church members gathered from ...

Parishioners filed into the deep-red pews of Maranatha Baptist Church for their first service since the former ... visitors from around the world who journeyed to the rural southwest Georgia town to ...

Around 50 family and friends witnessed the last public display of honor for Carter when the motorcade arrived around 5 p.m. at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains. They stood at the front of the ...

Students from the Jimmy Carter Leadership Program and GSW soccer team help to distribute food during this month’s Rosalynn ...

FILE - People wait in line outside Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga ... (AP) — Jimmy Carter 's long public goodbye began Saturday in south Georgia where the 39th U.S. president's life began more ...

Jimmy Carter was celebrated Thursday for his personal humility and public service before, during and after his presidency during a funeral at Washington National Cathedral featuring the kind of pagean ...

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 ...