A fire broke out overnight at Trinity Baptist Church near Hammond, officials said early Wednesday. No injuries have been reported associated with the blaze at 42062 Pumpkin Center Road (map).

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 ...

Lozano noted that Schaap, former First Baptist Church of Hammond pastor ... However, he really took her to his personal property in Crete and to his cabin in Cadillac, Mich., ...

Dr. Jack Schaap, who has been pastor of First Baptist Church in Hammond for 11 years, was removed Tuesday, according to a church spokesman. The spokesman would not provide the woman's age ...