Brown, Joe Alford

January 22, 2009

Joe Alford Brown, pastor of Grace Memorial Baptist Church, Talladega, in Coosa River Baptist Association, died Dec. 16. He was 75. A native of Talladega,

Pastor’s daughters rescued after month as sex slaves

January 22, 2009

Two Christian girls in Pakistan have been rescued after more than a month of captivity as sex slaves to Muslim lawyers in Karachi. According to

NAMB enacts spending slowdown

January 22, 2009

In remarks to some 250 staff members of the North American Mission Board (NAMB) Jan. 8, President Geoff Hammond asked NAMB team leaders to operate

Southern Seminary makes staff cutbacks

January 22, 2009

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) in Louisville, Ky., in response to the national economic downturn, has reduced its administrative staff by 35 positions: 20 full-time

Alabama woman world’s 47th oldest

January 22, 2009

The California-based Gerontology Research Group keeps tabs on the world’s 90 known “supercentenarians” — those who are 110 years old or older — and can