First Baptist Church didn't fit that vision, and the building was demolished, paved over for a bus depot. The congregation relocated yet again to nearby Scotland Street in 1956.

The public and private sectors should see the historic church as the primary beacon for tourism in the languishing civil ...

The church became home to relics of saints and martyrs from the Roman catacombs by the ninth century and, as a result, John the Baptist's head has been one of many relics present at the site since ...

In 2015, supported by the extensive work of contemporary archaeologists, scholars, and church leaders, Al Maghtas (“the place of baptism”) was inscribed by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee.