State Baptist higher education shaping future leaders

November 26, 2015

People may have heard rumors that Mark Foley has lost his mind, lost his health or lost his passion for Jesus. But none of those

‘We’ve gone long enough’ in our own power, SBC President Floyd says

November 26, 2015

According to Ronnie Floyd, churches in Alabama have one great need — the power of God. But they also have one great struggle, he said

Alabama Baptists adopt $40 million budget, move toward parity with SBC

November 23, 2015

Messengers to the Alabama Baptist State Convention (ABSC) annual meeting Nov. 17–18 approved a 2016 Cooperative Program (CP) budget that brought state and national ministry

‘Woodlawn’ audiences report thousands of commitments to Christ

November 19, 2015

By Carrie Brown McWhorter The Alabama Baptist The story of the movie “Woodlawn” centers on revival in racially divided Birmingham in the early 1970s, but

Church building burned down in eastern Sudan

November 19, 2015

AL QADARIF, Sudan — On top of recent government demolitions of church buildings, suspected Muslim extremists in Sudan’s eastern city of Al Qadarif set fire

Kazakh pastor sentenced to 7 years restricted freedom

November 19, 2015

ASTANA, Kazakhstan — More than 12 weeks after his arrest by Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee secret police, Seventh-day Adventist Yklas Kabduakasov was sentenced to seven

Buddhist structure erected on Baptist church land

November 19, 2015

HPA-AN, MYANMAR — An influential Buddhist monk in southern Burma (also called Myanmar) has erected Buddhist structures in a Baptist church compound. Ethnic Karen Christians