A bill making its way through the Alabama Legislature would make it unlawful for members of the clergy to engage in sexual activity with anyone under the age of 19, a standard already in place for public and private school teachers.
Mark your calendars: The Warblers Club and the Evelyn S. Hardy Men of Distinction, from Sixth Avenue Baptist Church, will perform together April 21 to support Discovery Clubs.
William E. “Bill” Bailey, former pastor of Round Island Baptist Church in Athens, died Feb. 6. He was 73.
About a year and a half ago, Shirley Crowder said her church — Valley View Baptist in Leeds — found itself “with very few of us hanging on,” and the group remaining was skewing older. “We did not want this church to die,” Crowder said.
Jay Sansom is the new pastor of Open Acres Baptist Church, Montgomery.
Peyton Hill said when he was in college, an event like Pursue altered his life plans in a big way. “God totally changed the direction of my life,” the First Baptist Church Prattville pastor told those present at Pursue on Feb. 9.
People from around the nation will gather Feb. 21 at First Baptist Church Fairhope to remember the life and ministry of Rhonda Kelley, whose husband, Chuck, is president emeritus of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.
An Alaska Baptist pastor hopes to turn a 33-acre plot of land near his church into a camp and retreat center that will serve thousands of students and adults annually, and Alabama Baptists are already part of bringing that vision to life.
