Rash marks 25 years at The Alabama Baptist, Inc.

For many in Alabama Baptist life, it’s hard to remember TAB without Jennifer Davis Rash. And it’s probably hard for her to remember life without it too.

For the past 25 years, she’s been involved in pretty much every way possible — covering stories, writing columns, managing the print edition, helping move TAB into the digital world and brainstorming ways to get resources to our readers.

Rash joined the staff in January 1996 as a news writer after returning from a two-year Journeyman term with the International Mission Board serving with Caribbean Christian Publications and the Caribbean Baptist Fellowship Media Centre in Miami, Florida.

Through the years at TAB, she became news editor, then managing editor, executive editor, editor-elect and finally president and editor-in-chief. During that quarter century of work, she’s earned numerous personal awards for investigative reporting, news writing, feature writing and photography as well as awards for digital, broadcast and radio/podcast work. For more than 20 years, Rash has helped lead the paper to be named among the top regional Christian newspapers in the nation.

She’s served in a number of auxiliary roles, including currently serving on the presidential search committee for Samford University and as a member of the advisory board for the Center for Women in Ministry at Beeson Divinity School.

She also is currently president of the Association of State Baptist Publications.

To list everything she’s done would take pages — everyone who knows her knows she has seemingly endless energy.

Rob Jackson, TAB’s chairman of the board, says he was impressed when he “first met that bubbly redhead as she crisscrossed the state covering Alabama Baptist meetings — and doing so much more behind the scenes.”

But his admiration for her has “soared” since she became president and editor-in-chief, he said.

“In Jennifer, I observe a strong biblical conviction, visionary leadership and passionate desire to impact this state and world for the glory of God,” Jackson said. “She loves Christ, other people and Alabama Baptists. With Jennifer at the helm, the future is bright for TAB.”

Happy anniversary, Jennifer!