Ty Simpson said he remembers a day when he didn’t feel like himself. He was fighting for the job of quarterback at the University of Alabama, and he wasn’t playing his best. He felt like he had lost his way.
A year after releasing a coffee table book featuring stained glass windows, Alabama photographer David Graves has released a second book — Alabama Hope, which highlights the architectural beauty of churches in the state.
Mary Morton says it still gives her chills when she thinks about an event for international women Mobile Baptist Network held recently. “It came across my mind last fall, and I was just so excited to see how the Lord blessed it,” she said.
Claire Kinnaird Keel said even though it’s been four years since Judson College closed its doors, the Judson spirit is still very much alive. Alumnae gathered Sept. 13-14 at Siloam Baptist to continue their J-Day and Rose Sunday traditions.
Buddy Gray, pastor of Hunter Street Baptist Church in Hoover, announced today (Sept. 14) that he plans to retire in summer 2026 after 40 years in that role.
Recently Lanny Lewis’ hay bales caught on fire and the volunteer fire department responded. The very next week, he was able to share that story during New Home Baptist’s Sunday service as they honored the community’s first responders.
In July 1938, Lola Owens walked down the aisle of Harmony Baptist Church in Andalusia, gave her life to Christ and became a church member. And 87 years later, she’s still there. Church members say she’s a “role model” in how to love others.
An unusual text disrupted Richard Bradley’s workout one morning at the family life center at Gardendale First Baptist Church — someone had a 16-foot cross from the former St. Vincent’s Hospital and didn’t know what to do with it.
