Barry Cosper said he’s seen God work “miracle after miracle” during his 50-plus years of ministry, and though he’s retiring from his role at Birmingham Metro Baptist Association, he has no plans to stop serving.
A woman’s decision to choose life instead of abortion is a “generational decision,” says Kathryn Barnhill, an adoptee and adoption advocate for Lifeline Children’s Services.
The Jack and Jill Ministry of East Cullman Baptist Association collects hygiene and necessity items as well as emergency back-up clothes for local students who might need a change of clothes due to unforeseen circumstances.
More than 1,500 Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes were dropped off at FBC Hoover, one of Alabama’s 131 drop-off locations for the annual ministry that reaches children worldwide with the gospel.
At First Source for Women, a pregnancy resource center with locations in Cullman and Hanceville, volunteers want women “to know that we love them and through that offer them the hope of Jesus.”
Youth choir tours have consistently been a ministry with great impact, says Jeff Stith, minister of music at First Baptist Church Birmingham, and more churches should consider adding them to their youth calendars.
Bryan Gill, an author and an administrator at Samford University, has released his newest book, “Jesus Is: A 31-Day Devotional on the ‘I Am’ Statements of Jesus.”
Stories of God’s faithfulness matter, and the next generation needs them, says Lonette Berg, who is retiring this year as executive director of the Alabama Baptist Historical Commision. “Church history is God’s story,” she said.
