New scheduling details in the upcoming trial regarding former Southern Baptist Convention president Johnny Hunt’s lawsuit against the SBC, the SBC Executive Committee and Guidepost Solutions were released today, Dec. 3.
Alabama schools improved their overall grade to 85 points out of 100 available on both state and federal report cards for the 2023–24 school year, according to preliminary data presented to state board of education members.
Alabama’s infant mortality rate has climbed to the highest level since 2016, according to new data shared by the Alabama State Committee of Public Health.
Full coverage of the 2024 Alabama Baptist State Convention annual meeting at Eastern Shore Baptist Church in Daphne can be found online at thealabamabaptist.org and in the next print edition of The Alabama Baptist newspaper.
Terry Davis, minister of music and worship at Lincoln Baptist Church, was awarded the Paul Stewart Music Ministry Service Award at the annual banquet of the Alabama Singing Men and Alabama Singing Women.
“If you can have a friend like Ryan Whitley, you will go a long way in life,” former state convention president John Thweatt says. Whitley has been re-elected to serve a second one-year term as state convention second vice president.
Huntsville pastor Jarman Leatherwood continues to bring a light-hearted and uplifting spirit to his service in the state convention vice president roles. His re-election today begins his fourth year serving as an officer.
Craig Carlisle, the first associational missionary to be elected state convention president in Alabama, will serve a second one-year term and will continue advocating for “calling out the called” to alleviate the current pastor shortage.
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