Jay Penton, outreach director for “Men in the Arena” and longtime men’s ministry advocate, is the new pastor of men’s ministry at Prattmont Baptist Church, Prattville.
Madison Gardner’s personal experience with miscarriage inspired her to start In His Hands, a pregnancy loss support group at Women’s Resource Center in Mobile.
Barbara Cross, whose father, John, was the pastor of 16th Street Baptist Church when it was bombed on Sept. 15, 1963, said the trauma of that terrible day had an effect on her family but taught her important lessons too.
Semmes First Baptist Church was founded in 1872 — the first recorded church in the city — and the church recently erected a new historical marker to share its story.