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.
When Rebekah Taylor was in the ninth grade, her dad got a new job and they moved to a new church.
Rosalie Hunt said she had been in the house a few times before, but it was just because the owner invited her to see it.
Man Thluai Zing said when her family moved to the Spruce Pine area three years ago, they didn’t come looking for other Burmese families. They came looking for a farm.
Taylor Gurley said when he first agreed to teach theology courses at Bibb Correctional Facility, he wondered how it would go.
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