Respite for All (RFA), an Alabama-based non-profit that began in 2012 to assist people living with dementia and their caregivers and families, has grown dramatically over the past 13 years.
Two Alabama Baptist churches have seen a tremendous need and are making a difference in the lives of people and families living with dementia.
Mahlon LeCroix believes pastors should practice what they preach.
Southern Baptists are ambassadors for Christ and have been given a clear message and mission He wants communicated to His world, said Jeff Iorg.
“I thank God for this theme. I love anytime the word of God is being explained and revealed to us compelled to share the gospel and to be ministers of reconciliation,” said Dewayne Rembert, pastor of Flatline Church at Chisholm.
The love of Christ should be all that Christians need to be compelled to help fulfill the Great Commission, observed an Alabama Baptist campus minister.
John Brock observed that Colossians 1:18 is the only place in the New Testament where the word “preeminence” is used to describe Jesus. Another translation uses “first place” instead of preeminence, he added.
“When you’ve ministered in the power of the Holy Spirit, you will never want to minister in any other way,” affirmed Richard Blackaby during the Alabama Baptist Pastors Conference on Nov. 10.
