Alabama–Crenshaw Association loses church building to fire

June 12, 2003

When Doris Rogers heard that her former church, Second Baptist Church, Rutledge, burned the morning of June 2, she was devastated. “It was like losing

Patsy Riley shares her ‘tested by fire’ faith with FBC Talladega women

June 12, 2003

Sometimes we must be tested by fire to become what God wants us to be, Alabama first lady Patsy Riley recently told more than 200

Fulani hunger for many things, including Christ

June 12, 2003

There is a Fulani proverb that says, “The one who is full does not know the one who is hungry.” When one is no longer

Ban on partial-birth abortion closer

June 12, 2003

The House of Representatives voted in convincing fashion June 4 to outlaw a gruesome abortion procedure on a partially delivered child. The 282-139 vote in

Alabama churches use Boy Scouts to complement RAs

June 12, 2003

Baptist congregations reach out to their communities in many ways, with churches serving as home bases to emergency services, voting polls, blood collection drives

Mobile’s Bethany, Kushla churches merge congregations

June 12, 2003

Bethany Baptist Church, Whistler, and First Baptist Church, Kushla, both in Mobile Baptist Association, will merge into one church June 29. Alvin Sullivan, pastor

Whitesburg reaches Miami with block parties

June 12, 2003

To reach people, Christians need to get out of the church and go where non-Christians are. That philosophy is what motivated Pastor Dick Thomassian to