The new law, the result of House Bill 8 from Rep. Barbara Drummond, D-Mobile, prohibits the sale of vape products outside of vape stores and specialty shops, save for a few products authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Mac Powell, formerly with contemporary Christian group Third Day, then shared the theme of this year’s show. “The theme tonight is awe and wonder, a tribute to those sacred moments when God’s love takes our breath away.”
More than half of Alabama’s K-12 public school districts will see a drop in state-funded teacher units next year, according to documents Alabama Daily News received from the Alabama Department of Education.
Bryan Blass, director of the office of LeaderCare at the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions, said 60 to 70 percent of Alabama Baptist churches are led by bivocational pastors.