I found myself doing it again — talking increasingly louder to the person not understanding what I was saying. Instead of reframing how I presented the information, I kept stating the same words while pumping up the volume.
“We want everyone to be able to share their faith and be able to pass it on … be able to teach others.” —Lawrence Phipps, pastor of First Baptist Gulf Shores and founder of It’s Life Ministry
Fifteen weeks from the date of this edition wraps up 2026. That’s 105 days, a little more than three months, and we’ll be ringing in the new year.
The Warrior crew were the only firefighters from Alabama to assist in the early days of search and rescue at Ground Zero following 9/11. Others from the state assisted in cleanup efforts, but these four were onsite before midnight 9/12/01.
Derek Allen, pastor of First Baptist Church Tillman’s Corner in Mobile, will serve as executive director-elect of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions Aug. 31 through Jan. 31 and then steps into the executive director role Feb. 1.
The teen seemed hesitant at first but then snatched up the Bible and held it carefully in her lap. A few seconds earlier, I rescued the faux leather-bound hard copy collection of God’s Word as she hopped in my car and almost sat on it.
Alaska Baptist pastor Cody Schwegel’s 18-year-old son, Greyer, was involved in a head-on dirt bike collision with a friend July 14; both succumbed to injuries. Alabama Baptists are closely connected to the family, church and community.
The moment remains seared in my mind, and I’m having trouble letting it go — Wednesday of the SBC Annual Meeting between 11 and 11:30 a.m. That’s when a group of Baptist messengers hurt my heart.
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