Conditions in typhoon-stricken Philippines worsened by rain

January 12, 2012

The plight of people who survived a Dec. 17 typhoon in the Philippines has been worsened in 14 provinces by heavy rains that have caused

SBC, BWA leaders meet for 1st time since 2004

January 5, 2012

Leaders of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) traveled to Nashville on Dec. 19 to meet with leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), a founding

Highlights from the World of Religion

January 5, 2012

Alabama’s April 27 tornadoes left behind what has been called an “unprecedented path of destruction,” killing nearly 250 people and leaving thousands more homeless. Yet

The Church at Brook Hills, Birmingham, on mission

January 5, 2012

Vivian Myers woke up this morning with the face of a little Ugandan girl swimming in her mind. She wrote on Facebook, “May God get

Baptists in Bangladesh see results as nation marks 40 years

January 5, 2012

A Bangladeshi man picks up his microphone and begins to sing. He’s a muezzin, a man appointed by the mosque to herald the call to

Typhoon response mounted in Philippines

December 22, 2011

More than 1,000 people are dead and hundreds of thousands struggling in the aftermath of a typhoon that slammed the southern Philippines Dec. 17. Southern

FBC Fairview’s GAs wrap presents for LMCO

December 22, 2011

The Girls in Action (GAs) at First Baptist Church, Fairview, raised $517 for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering at their Wrapped in Love gift-wrapping fundraiser