Churches of Lookout Mountain Baptist Association through Water of Life outreach will participate in the World’s Longest Yard Sale Aug. 1–4, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
A free fraud prevention training has been scheduled July 31 for those who live in the Prattville area to help individuals, consumers and businesses.
“Jimmy Jackson was a statesman among Alabama Baptists and Southern Baptists. He was an excellent president of our state convention. He served us so well at a critical time. To say he will be missed is a vast understatement.” —Rick Lance
An Indian woman was recently murdered by relatives because she and her family had converted to Christianity. Indian authorities are handling the case as a land dispute rather than a crime that was committed because of the victim’s faith.
“This is an example of gross mishandling of Scripture,” said Mobile-area pastor Derek Allen. “We have to guard ourselves from letting our emotions take us to such places.”
Two Nigerian clergymen have been abducted, and recent video from their captors shows them pleading for their lives. Both men are being held for ransom because of their Christian faith.
Despite no direct evidence, a Christian man in Pakistan was sentenced to death June 29 on an accusation of blasphemy.
Uganda — though their laws permit freedom of religion — has become increasingly hostile to Christians, with one evangelist murdered and two others flogged by Muslim extremists within the last two months.
