In Hammond, just over the state line in Indiana, there’s a church that not only saves souls — it saves buildings. A pillared 19th-century bank, a monumental, art deco-style U.S. courthouse ...

HAMMOND | The First Baptist Church of Hammond has dismissed Jack Schaap as its pastor in the wake of a Lake County ... Mich., came to Northwest Indiana in 1977 to attend, and ultimately ...

HAMMOND, Ind. (CBS) --The longtime pastor of a northwest Indiana church has been dismissed due to an "improper relationship with a young woman." Dr. Jack Schaap, who has been pastor of First ...

HAMMOND | First Baptist Church members on Sunday night voted in a new pastor to lead their congregation, according to the church's website. John Wilkerson was selected by a vote of 94 percent. He ...

Officials First Baptist Church of Hammond., Ind., said Wednesday night fired Pastor Jack Schaap admitted to having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl who is a member of the church ...

A former Hammond Baptist megachurch preacher convicted of a sex crime was released early from federal prison on May 4, U.S. Bureau of Prisons records show. Former First Baptist Church Rev. Jack ...

A Hammond megachurch has fired its pastor amid a criminal investigation involving the church and its college. The First Baptist Church of Hammond said Tuesday that pastor Jack Schaap committed "a sin ...

CORYDON, Ind. – A northwestern Indiana church says only one of 34 students had to be hospitalized after a bus rolled onto its side in southern Indiana. First Baptist Church of Hammond ...

The church’s website states that under Schaap, First Baptist moved into a new 7,500-seat auditorium, doubled its average weekly attendance and sent mission teams to Africa, Thailand and India.