CORNING - Friendship Baptist Church on Pearl Street in Corning is celebrating its 100th anniversary this weekend with a variety of programs and activities today through Sunday. Friendship Baptist Church's roots began with Beulah Baptist Church, which was founded on East Market Street in 1909 by members of Corning's black community. Many of them were recent arrivals in the area from the south. "The train dropped them off in Big Flats and they walked 10 miles to Corning," said Friendship Baptist Church Pastor Lorri Thornton...
