Published In
Ann Arbor News, March 18, 1972
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Home for New Hope Baptist Church Dedication services for New Hope Baptist Church's building at 218 Chapin will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday. The Rev. Thomas Bloxam of Packard Road Baptist Church will be the guest speaker. The Rev. Albert Lightfoot Jr., pastor of New Hope Baptist, surveys the recently remodeled sanctuary. Lightfoot organized the congregation in 1965. Members have been meeting in the YM-YWCA. Before the congregation could move into the building, the City Council approved a change in zoning from M1 light industrial to R2A two family. The R2A zoning permits church use.

Published In
Ann Arbor News, January 27, 1973
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Mrs. Isabella Claudia Fox is presenting her rendering of Christ to New Hope Baptist Church at a special Sunday ceremony. It is Entitled "Come UntoMe." With her are the Rev. Albert L. Lightfoot, pastor, and Mrs. Viola Swayne, a church member who asked Mrs. Fox to do the painting. (News photo by Cecil Lockard)

Published In
Ann Arbor News, April 15, 1982
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Gospel singers Faye and Edie Burton (right) are a mother and daughter team. 'It is not the fact that we are uplifting ourselves but the fact that God has been good to me and the best way I can say that is through song,' says Faye.

Published In
Ann Arbor News, September 30, 1989
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Black churches in the Ann Arbor area traditionally have used dinners, musicals and bake sales to raise money, however New Hope Baptist Church in Ann Arbor came up with the unique idea of a Black Art Show to sell paintings by noted African-American artists. Bill Ratcliff of Ann Arbor ponders a piece during the show last weekend at the church.