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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:

Cheaha Area Crusade draws thousands as 40+ area churches work together to plan, pray, follow up

First person: Word of appreciation, note of gratitude for Rick Lance

First-person: 4 ways sports gambling undermines God’s design

Lass Words: Staying afloat — spiritually

Pray for the Persecuted Church

ALCAP urges voter turnout on November 3

Maintaining their own health: Support group offers rest for dementia caregivers

Called to ministry: Tuscaloosa native to help young women, adults in South Africa

‘Crazy Tie Guy’ helps audiences recognize and remember Jesus

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‘Has to be God’: Mobile’s ‘good as dead’ church sees turnaround

October 14, 2026

Manor Baptist Church was as good as dead. The six remaining members voted to close and gave all the church’s money to charitable causes. The only thing left to do was chain the doors closed.

Christian faces new charges for praying silently outside clinic

October 13, 2026

After being cleared twice of charges for praying silently outside an abortion clinic in England, a woman has pled not guilty to new charges the prosecution was allowed to add during her preliminary hearing.

Lass Words: What I learned from speaking at a high school

October 13, 2026

I had been invited to speak to a series of classes at one of our public high schools.

Seeking parents’ views on classroom screen time

October 13, 2026

The Governor’s Commission on Screen-Based Instruction is seeking input from Alabama public school parents about the use of technology in classrooms.