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Thomasville Baptist kids get glimpse into disaster relief ministry during DNow weekend

February 20, 2026

Kids at Thomasville Baptist Church got a chance to learn what disaster relief ministry is all about during their Disciple Now event Feb. 7. They got to tour the Clarke Baptist Association laundry trailer and pack blessing bags.

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Roger Houston, pastor of Hook Street Baptist, dies at 74

February 3, 2026

Roger Houston, pastor of Hook Street Baptist Church in Tuscumbia, died Jan. 28 after almost five decades of pastoral ministry at several Alabama churches and a long career in education.

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Disaster relief volunteers work in Mississippi after winter storm, in Alabama after tornado, winds

February 2, 2026

After a winter storm swept across north Mississippi in late January — at the same time a tornado and straight-line winds affected south Alabama — Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief teams are hard at work.

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Alabama church planter says ‘God is writing a story’ through church’s new location, name

January 20, 2026

The news hit pastor Justin McKay like a ton of bricks — his church’s landlord was tripling their rent. “It felt like the ground shifted

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‘I could not script this’: Fulton Bridge Baptist pastor says they’re already filling up new building

January 19, 2026

Pastor Shane Stidham says there’s no “secret sauce” to what’s happening at Fulton Bridge Baptist Church in Hamilton, but after moving into their new building just a few months ago, they’re already looking at adding a second service.

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To Santa or not to Santa? Church leaders share their thoughts

December 19, 2025

Stephanie Gilliam, director of children’s ministries at Highland Baptist Church in Florence, Alabama, said she grew up in a “Santa family.”

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Kornegay ‘grateful’ for full-circle moment in music ministry, chance to start new tradition at West End Baptist

December 18, 2025

Paula Kornegay says it’s a story only God could write. When she stood up to direct the Christmas presentation at West End Baptist Church in Clanton, the children’s choir director who first taught her to count music was in the choir.

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Louisville Baptist honors Fenn for 70 years as choir director, applies for world record

December 16, 2025

Michael Whitman said when he went to make a plaque for Mary Annice Fenn, it hit him that this had to be some kind of record, and not just at his church.

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