Question: Severns Valley Baptist Church has hosted events featuring what southern gospel group out of Beaver Dam, Kentucky, who have had sixteen No. 1 songs on the national radio charts?

 Founded by a group of eighteen people in June 1781, it was organized in Severns Valley (now Elizabethtown) and is Kentucky's oldest Baptist church.  It has hosted events by performers such as Ricky Skaggs, The Crabb Family, pureNRG, and Vicky Courtney. Severns Valley Baptist Church is a Baptist church located in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA. <SEP> Stewart Cleveland Cureton Born March 24, 1930,To Santee Argo Cureton and Martha Arrye Henderson Cureton.  He is the sixth child of seven.  He was educated in the Greenville County school system, graduating from Sterling High School in 1949.  Having already accepted God's call to preach at the age of seventeen, he continued his education at Benedict College, Columbia, South Carolina, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1953.  On December 27, 1954, Dr. Cureton married the love of his life, Claudette Hazel Chapman Cureton.  From their union four children were born, Ruthye, Stewart Jr., Santee Charles, and Samuel.  Samuel followed his father into the ministry.  Dr. Cureton modeled his belief that an effective leader needs both a "baptized heart and a baptized brain", and through the years continued his education by studying at numerous other colleges and universities throughout North Carolina and South Carolina.  He was awarded the Doctor of Divinity degree from Morris College, Sumter, South Carolina and Benedict College, Columbia, South Carolina.  He began his pastorate in 1953 as pastor of Old Pilgrim Baptist Church, Greenville, South Carolina: New Galilee Baptist Church, Walhala, South CArolina; Rock Hill Baptist Church #2, Greenville, South Carolina; Griffin Ebenezer Baptist Church, Pickens, South Carolina and Gethsemane Baptist Church, Chester, South Carolina.  In 1965 he was called to pastor Reedy Fork Baptist Church and Reedy River Baptist Church which was his home church.  In 1978 he became the full-time pastor of Reedy River Baptist Church.  Under his leadership the membership and influence of Reedy River BAptist Church grew exponentially.  He led the membership to build two new sanctuaries and a Family Life Center that became the model for many other churches in the Greenville area.  Dr. Cureton was committed to education, understanding that it is only through education that people can reach their full potential.  Dr. Cureton rose from humble beginnings to become a local, state and national leader.  Among his many accomplishments: served as Moderator of the Reedy River Baptist Association; served as President of the Baptist Educational & Missionary Convention of South CArolina (1986-1991); served as Second Vice President, Vice President-at-Large and President of the NAtional Baptist Convention,USA,Inc; appointed as a Commission Member of the United States Presidential Scholars Program by President Bill Clinton (1991-2000); awarded the Order of the Palmetto Award; served as member of the Benedict College Board of Trustees; served as member of the Morris College Board of Trustees.  – Steward Cleveland Cureton departed this earthly life and went to his heavenly home on December 30, 2008), also known as S.C. Cureton, was President of the National Baptist Convention from March 1999 to September 1999.  Cureton, then Vice President-At-Large, took over the leadership of the Convention when his predecessor Henry Lyons was forced to resign.  He served the remainder of the Lyons' tenure.  Cureton, a former math teacher at Sterling High School and Beck High School, was pastor of Reedy River Missionary Baptist Church in South Carolina at the time of his death.  He was an advocate on state issues such as the establishment of a holiday honoring Martin Luther King in Greenville County.  Cureton was instrumental in bringing King to Greenville for a speech in April 1967.  Dr. Cureton was out front in integrating the Public Libraries in Greenville County, South Carolina.  He died on December 30, 2008 aged 78. <SEP>  They have had sixteen No. 1 songs on the national radio charts. The Crabb Family is a southern gospel group originally from Beaver Dam, Kentucky. <SEP> The Salem Baptist Church is a historic African-American Baptist church located at 2001 Seiler Road in Foster Township, Madison County, Illinois.  Built in 1912, the church was the third built for the Salem congregation, which formed in 1919.  African-American stonemason Madison Banks and white contractor Samuel Marshall, both from Alton, built the church; they were assisted by two members of the congregation, John Walker and William Emery.  The church served as a civic and social center for the local black community during the early 20th century, as African-Americans faced rampant segregation and discrimination in public spaces.  The church hosted events such as picnics and dinners, hay rides, and fashion shows for its congregation.  In addition, the congregation organized a Ladies Aid Society for its female members, which sponsored a college scholarship program, and a Progressive Club for its youth.  The church's membership declined after the 1960s, a consequence of both integration and rural flight.