The Church at McAdory to host “This is Christmas!”

December 5, 2018

Bessemer The Church at McAdory, McCalla, will host “This is Christmas!” presented by the choir and orchestra Dec. 9, 11 a.m. The church also will

Training, funding top barriers to productive prison ministry

December 5, 2018

While most Protestant pastors visit correctional facilities and want to help prisoners and their families, their churches often lack the training or finances for effective

Book review — Catching Christmas

December 5, 2018

Reviewed by Martine Bates Fairbanks, Ed.D. Terri Blackstock. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2018. 304 pp. (Hardback). I absolutely love Terri Blackstock’s books, and I think

Christian family ordered to return to Islam

December 5, 2018

GARSEN, Kenya — After a family in southeast Kenya put their faith in Christ recently, Muslims gave them one day to return to Islam or

Associations in rural areas serve, support pastors

December 5, 2018

Danny Dean said he’s long had an appreciation for Southern Baptists, the work of the Cooperative Program and associational missions work. As a pastor in

Pine Grove Baptist Church marks 125 years in ministry

December 5, 2018

On Oct. 28, Pine Grove Baptist Church, Bay Minette, in Baldwin Baptist Association, held its 125th anniversary celebration. Former Pastor Mike Bedford was the guest

Hindu mob attempts to burn pastor alive

December 5, 2018

SUNDARGARH, India — A Christian pastor was taking his 18-month-old baby to the hospital for emergency treatment in the state of Odisha, India, when hundreds