“We must seek the ways of God in all we do, even when His ways seem not to make sense,” author Richard Blackaby told those gathered for a recent event at the Billy Graham Training Center in North Carolina.
Rick Fisher met Henry Blackaby in 2006, and the “Experiencing God” author became a friend and mentor. “Henry had amazing insight,” Fisher recalled. “He looked
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.
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