Pastoral ministry is about people, “and ministry can be messy because people are messy,” church consultant Dan Garland told Alabama Baptist pastors at an SBOM Intentional Leaders event earlier this month.
The likelihood of a church being audited is low, but churches still must be familiar with current IRS guidelines, says Lee Wright, church compensation specialist for the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions.
Christmas hope is found in both the newborn and the resurrected Savior, said Samford University President Beck Taylor.
Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen encouraged civic participation during a Nov. 14 ALCAP lunch held in conjunction with the Alabama Baptist State Convention.
Ninety percent of Americans don’t itemize tax deductions on their federal tax returns anymore, but state filers in Alabama can still take deductions for medical
Mark Clifton insists that churches under 200 in attendance for Sunday morning worship aren’t small but “normative.” “The median attendance in North American Protestant churches
Rob Jackson noted that while church members pray for the sick — as they should — church revitalization requires that they also pray for those
Ken Allen, director of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions office of LeaderCare, said leadership development is a continuing process, and he is a
