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Welcome to The Weekly, produced by TAB Media Group, which publishes The Alabama Baptist and The Baptist Paper. Each episode features news headlines read by TAB Media Group staff and volunteers. New episodes are released weekly on Wednesday mornings. Articles featured in this episode:

Allen named incoming leader of Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions

Lass Words: Evidence that God is not done with you

Old Town Creek Baptist in Moulton pays debts

Shelby County Baptists partner with historic Alaska church, celebrate milestones

Covenant Scholars Foundation launches to expand access to faith-based higher education

‘Pure human trafficking’: 1.6 million children stolen from Ukraine since 2014

Should your church help launch a new congregation?

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First person: 10 reasons some churches will not reach college students

August 20, 2026

I love college students. In fact, I’d want to be pastoring in a university town if the Lord called me back to the senior pastorate.

Southern Baptist chaplain promoted to rank of rear admiral

August 19, 2026

U.S. Navy Chaplain Robert Christian, an alumnus of both New Orleans and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminaries, was recently promoted to the rank of rear admiral (lower half).

Overnight fire destroys Ebenezer Baptist Church in Pennington

August 19, 2026

The community of Pennington lost the Ebenezer Baptist Church building to a fire overnight. “It’s a total loss,” said Jerry Snowden, who is chair of the church’s deacons.

Lass Words: Memories of the hardware store and a grandmother’s love

August 19, 2026

When I was a young boy my father owned and operated a small neighborhood hardware store.