About a year and a half ago, Shirley Crowder said her church — Valley View Baptist in Leeds — found itself “with very few of us hanging on,” and the group remaining was skewing older. “We did not want this church to die,” Crowder said.
Alabama associational leaders are volunteering to support Alaska Baptist pastors as part of an ongoing partnership between the two states.
Peyton Hill said when he was in college, an event like Pursue altered his life plans in a big way. “God totally changed the direction of my life,” the First Baptist Church Prattville pastor told those present at Pursue on Feb. 9.
An Alaska Baptist pastor hopes to turn a 33-acre plot of land near his church into a camp and retreat center that will serve thousands of students and adults annually, and Alabama Baptists are already part of bringing that vision to life.
Alabama Baptists remain excited about the state convention’s partnership with Alaska Baptists, which began in 2021 and is still gaining momentum.
Salem-Troy Baptist Association’s thrift store is totally run by volunteers and includes a food pantry and store. Proceeds help a variety of associational missions and ministry efforts.
Clint Culpepper is the new campus minister at Auburn University’s BCM. “We are thrilled to announce that Alabama Baptists have called Clint Culpepper to be a new campus minister at the Auburn BCM,” BCM Link posted on its Facebook page.
Night to Shine has grown a lot in the 10 years since it started — on Feb. 9, the event took place at 725 churches across all 50 states and 56 countries, including eight Alabama Baptist churches.
