This year, Alabama second and third graders saw an 8% increase in literacy based on the ACAP scores — 91% are reading at grade level as opposed to 83% in 2023.
Retired Alabama Baptist pastor Gene L. Chestnutt died May 24 after a fight with pancreatic cancer. He was 72.
The 2024 Leland Dockery Tribute Cruise-In, an outreach event of the Seasoned Adult Ministry at First Baptist Trussville, has been rescheduled for Sunday, June 23, from 4 to 7 p.m.
Conditions within Alabama’s prisons will be the subject of another hearing on prison violence. The hearing is set for July, earlier than originally planned.
Steven McDonald has been called to become the lead pastor of Village Street Baptist Church in Sylacauga.
Lanier Baptist Church in Lanett is hosting Providence Youth Choir out of Opelika on June 23 at 7 p.m. EST.
FBC Atmore recently welcomed Geoffrey Garrett as their new student minister.
Crawford Morris has been called to serve alongside Chuck Adams as a junior youth student minister at Providence Baptist in Opelika.
