Architects essential to building process

June 5, 2003

Construction projects can be overwhelming tasks for churches no matter how big or small the congregation. Before beginning a building project, church leaders need all

Author of ‘Jonah and the Whale’ retires as pastor of Centercrest

June 5, 2003

In the early 1970s, members of a search committee at Centercrest Baptist Church in Birmingham went out to hear a prospective preacher deliver a Sunday

South Alabama church, family a cradle of Christian calling

June 5, 2003

After Turner Johnston, an older deacon of Frankville Baptist Church began fervently praying in the early 1920s for God to call a preacher from their

Bivocational ministers hold statewide meeting

June 3, 2003

Bivocational ministers from across Alabama gathered Feb. 21-22 at Shocco Springs Baptist Conference Center in Talladega for their annual retreat. Known officially as the

IMB appoints Birmingham couple to field

May 29, 2003

Two Baptists with strong Alabama ties were recently appointed to serve as International Mission Board (IMB) missionaries in the Western Pacific. Jeff and Kimberly Burns

Childersburg church focusing on purpose

May 29, 2003

CHILDERSBURG, Ala. — In the last few years Grace Baptist Church, Childersburg, adopted a plan to strengthen believers and reach the world for Christ based