As executive director of the Alabama Baptist Historical Commission (ABHC) for the past 10 years, Lonette Berg has learned from the past while dreaming about the future.
One of the things she’s learned? “Sometimes the most powerful, moving and encouraging stories and testimonies are told by the most modest and unassuming people,” Berg said. And the impact of those stories is not determined by the size of the congregation or the amount of resources a church has, she added.
That’s been her favorite part of her role as executive director — learning the many ways of how God has been faithful to Alabama Baptists and the ways Alabama Baptists have in turn “shared, served, sacrificed, worked, given and cooperated to serve the Lord and further His kingdom.”
Berg, who has a bachelor’s degree in history from Samford University in Birmingham and a law degree from Samford’s Cumberland School of Law, previously served as 1 of the 16 volunteer ABHC commissioners from 1998 to 2003. She was named chair of the commissioners in 2002 and served in that position until she was hired as special assistant to then-executive director Frances Hamilton in 2003.
Berg has a passion to serve and support Alabama Baptists and their churches by preserving, remembering and retelling their stories. “I dream that someday the Historical Commission will have been able to preserve written material and pictures for every one of our more than 3,200 Alabama Baptist churches and 75 associations, so that the story of what God has done in and through Alabama Baptists will be protected as fully and completely as possible.”
For more information on ABHC, visit abhconline.com or call 1-800-325-9863. (Maggie Walsh)
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