Sparks Gap Church, Bessemer, homecoming

June 12, 2014

Sparks Gap Church, Bessemer, will celebrate homecoming June 22, 1:30 p.m. with special singers The Missionaries. Johnny Thacker is pastor of the church.

Southside Church, Alabaster, 65th wedding anniversary of Roy C. Griggs and wife

June 12, 2014

Southside Church, Alabaster, will host a celebration of the 65th wedding anniversary of Roy C. Griggs and his wife, Dell, on June 14, 2–4 p.m.

Evergreen Church, Jackson, Vacation Bible School kickoff

June 12, 2014

Evergreen Church, Jackson, will hold a Vacation Bible School kickoff party June 14, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. There will be water balloons, squirt guns, water relays

Lakeview Church, Oxford, new pastor

June 12, 2014

Darrell Paulk is the new pastor of Lakeview Church, Oxford. He holds a bachelor of arts in religion from Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, Okla.,

Alabamians among recent seminary grads

June 12, 2014

Alabama Baptists graduated with degrees at the master’s level or higher from Southern Baptist seminaries and divinity schools during the spring 2014 semester. The Alabama

Judson College Professor Wins Fellowship to Oxford, England

June 12, 2014

Eric Gilchrest, assistant professor and head of the religious studies department at Judson College in Marion, has won a fellowship to present a paper at

Samford’s School of Education to Offer Online Master’s Degree

June 12, 2014

Beginning with the fall 2014 semester, Samford University’s Orlean Bullard Beeson School of Education will offer a master’s degree in elementary education in an online