Latest news: Sports gambling; IRS and religious freedom; Barna launches new tool
April 8, 2025
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Investing big in Alabama’s specialty public schools
April 8, 2025
Unlike traditional public schools, these specialty schools aren’t funded through Alabama’s enrollment-based Foundation Program. Instead, they receive line-item appropriations in the education trust fund budget.
Pivotal moments: Missouri church grows gospel influence in Senegal
April 8, 2025
“Can you imagine someone coming into your neighborhood and telling you there is an entirely different way to believe?” asked Seth Shelton, pastor of The Way Church.
‘We’re well cared for,’ says pastor ministering through pancreatic cancer
April 8, 2025
“We’re determined to lean into the Lord because we know He’s gracious,” said Chris Baker, pastor of Summit Life Church in Whitefish, Montana. “We know it’s no surprise to Him — He’s sovereign over all of us.”
Disaster relief teams at work in Alabama, Tennessee following tornadoes
April 7, 2025
Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief teams are hard at work in Selmer, Tennessee, and in Alabama’s Colbert and Lauderdale counties following a devastating set of storms that moved across the Midwest and the South in the past week.
Pharmacy payment bill clears House committee with amendment
April 7, 2025
The Alabama House Insurance Committee amended and approved Wednesday a bill requiring pharmacy benefit managers to pay independent pharmacies more for some medications.
Bible Studies for Life Sunday School Lesson for April 13
April 7, 2025
Here’s the Bible Studies for Life Sunday School Lesson for April 13, written by James R. Strange, professor of Biblical and Religious studies, Samford University in Birmingham.
‘Walk with God’ through every season, H.B. Charles Jr. encourages students
April 7, 2025
“You cannot walk with God on a treadmill,” said H.B. Charles Jr., the pastor-teacher of Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church of Jacksonville and Orange Park, Florida.
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