One highlight of the partnership shared by several church leaders resulted in a choir tour by New Hope Baptist Church, Birmingham. The Choir traveled around
Consistency marks a key ingredient in a successful partnership, said Mitzi Gibbs, children’s minister at Southside Baptist, Gadsden. Gibbs, who has taken three trips to
Reggie Quimby, director of global partnerships at the State Board of Missions (SBOM), said personal relationships in Spain make ending Alabama’s relationship with Spain difficult.
Theme clinics and events garnered high marks during the Alabama-Spain partnership. “Young people will come to international camps,” said Roberto Velert, pastor of Bona Nova
Women in Spanish Baptist churches gained greater opportunities to be involved in ministry, thanks to Alabama’s Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU). Partnering with Union Femenina Misionera
Spanish Baptist institutions said they received help from Alabama Baptists throughout their partnership. One institution that was helped is the Baptist theological seminary in Madrid,
Spanish Baptists may have found friends for a lifetime. Although the Alabama-Spain partnership officially ended Dec. 31, 1999, several Alabama Baptists said they plan to