“The first year I was here, we had no other staff, no one walked the aisle. I began to question my call,” Rick Campbell said. “But you could see the Holy Spirit moving.”
This past year, Gavin Norris has been the campus missionary at the University of North Alabama, a new position created at four Alabama universities by the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions.
In May 2024, Mount Olive Baptist in Pittsview faced a tragedy — the church building they’d met in since the 1860s burned to the ground after a lightning strike. But this summer, volunteer teams are helping them start to rebuild.
“We want to be a resource to others,” said Tim Mathis, senior pastor of FBC Selma. “Where we lacked experience, we now have a little experience. If we could help someone at square one, we’re happy to do that.”
PASCO — which stands for Physical And Spiritual Christian Outreach — serves as long-term support for people coming out of rehab or prison to help them get a strong foundation for re-entering normal life.
“To be in a group of ministry leaders in the same season has been very encouraging to me because it reassures me I’m not on an island,” said Tucker Bryson, youth minister of First Baptist Church Centre.