As with all parts of life, the routines found among congregations can easily become stale and predictable due to convenience, time restraints and complacency.
This September, on the 300th anniversary of his birth, we have an opportunity to remember John Howard again and to recover a more accurate portrait of his life and work, writes Samford history professor S. Jonathan Bass.
Years ago, Buster Taylor (previous Shocco Springs executive director) and I were “discussing” some plans for a renovation at Shocco. I was pretty convinced I was right (in the conversation where another option was on the table).
Jeannie Guffey knew her time was short. Diagnosed with lung cancer last summer, she was now confined to a bed in Huntsville Hospital’s Medical Intensive
The Covenant Scholars Foundation, Inc. (CSF) today announced its official launch as an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding access to faith-based higher education through a responsible, mission-driven student
Years ago, parents could lock their front doors at night and reasonably assume their children were safe from the world’s adult vices. Today, that security is an illusion.
As an Alabama Baptist, I read Jennifer Rash’s opinion piece, “Pondering how to understand the coming ‘truth and unity’ SBC amendment,” with deep concern.
This proposed bylaw amendment goes beyond the BFM2000, as well as the previously submitted and declined Law/Sanchez Amendment which prohibited women from serving as “pastors of any kind.”
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