National News

  Despite the recent record-high temperatures, Christmas Day is less than two months away. Stores are speckled with Christmas lights and holiday bows. Children are

  ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan — A survey analysis of religious freedom in Turkmenistan reported an almost complete lack of freedom to practice any faith, including denials

  As Christmas draws near, our thoughts turn to what we can buy for all the people on our gift list. Instead of adding the

  When a pastor leaves, whether due to retirement or to follow God’s call to another ministry position, the local church body experiences not only

  There’s an old saying, “Once a preacher, always a preacher,” and many retired Alabama Baptist pastors find that their skills and experience are still

  Pastors don’t ever really retire — at least that’s what Jim Ham, interim pastor of Shepherd Baptist Church, Fayette, says. After 23 years of

  Before there were microwaves, computers and Wal-Marts, Pastor James C. Crist Sr. was serving the Lord. And Aug. 21, his church — Magnolia Baptist

  Alabama Baptists have once again answered the call to action, sending teams to help in the Southern Baptist disaster relief response to Hurricane Wilma.