Friendship
Ricky Statham is the new pastor of Straight Mountain Church, Oneonta. He also works as the library director at Oneonta Public Library. Statham holds a bachelor’s degree from Athens State University. He and his wife, Kimberly, have two children.
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).
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.
When I was a young boy my father owned and operated a small neighborhood hardware store.
Lifeline Children’s Services, a Christian adoption agency, held its 2026 Indian family reunion at North Shelby Baptist Church in Birmingham on July 25 for families to immerse themselves in their adopted child or children’s culture.
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