"The Lord saved me in 1977 at Grace Baptist Church, I was 26. A few years later, I was called upon to teach a young married couple’s...

Pastor James Edward (J.E.) Pierce, 95, of Bradenton was gathered unto his people Sunday morning July 15th, 2018. He died peacefully at home in the arms of his daughter, Bunny and in the presence of his wife Judy and granddaughter Jessica. Born in Glenmora, Louisiana on January 15, 1923 to James W. and Mary Ella Pierce, Pastor Pierce was the last surviving child in a family of eight children. Most of his childhood was spent in the Ybor City district of Tampa during the Great

Grace Baptist Church began with, what in those days was called, an open-air meeting. Brother A.L. Meares conducted a series of services...