Mike Pompeo will speak at the University of Mobile Leadership Banquet on April 6. The annual fundraiser will feature entertainment by UM students and faculty.
Mel Deason, a retired pastor who served a number of churches in Alabama, died Jan. 8. He was 88.
Larry Brent Earnest, 77, died Dec. 19, 2023. A native of Greenwood, Mississippi, he held a bachelor’s degree in religious education from Mississippi College and
Junior Hill, a beloved Alabama evangelist whose ministry spanned seven decades, died Jan. 3. He was 87.
When six men under the age of 30 committed suicide within four months in the Anderson area, pastor Heath Harrelson felt a heightened sense of urgency to plan a men’s event aimed at bringing hope.
Barry Cosper said he’s seen God work “miracle after miracle” during his 50-plus years of ministry, and though he’s retiring from his role at Birmingham Metro Baptist Association, he has no plans to stop serving.
Retired pastor Thomas Wayne McDowell died Nov. 25. He was 89.
As Alabama prepares to take on Michigan in the Rose Bowl, longtime Crimson Tide chaplain Jeremiah Castille reflects on life lessons learned while playing for Bear Bryant and how those lessons inform his faith and ministry today.
