Despite its legalization across many states, U.S. Protestant pastors remain opposed to sports gambling, but they’re not doing much about it, according to a Lifeway Research study.
Americans are expected to bet $1.3 billion on this year’s Super Bowl. While many believe sports betting is a harmless pastime, others say the human costs of expanding gambling are too high.
Harrell Sinclair served for more than four decades in Alabama Baptist life.
Along with serving on the missions field and as a local church pastor, Charles Davis also helped establish the junior college system in Alabama.
“Jesus Christ has given us this Great Commission to go, because of the authority, go make disciples of all the nations. We must individually commence going.” —Rob Jackson
Success in evangelism is actually doing it,” said Matt Queen, who noted, “We’ll never see someone come to faith in Christ if we never share the gospel.”
If ever there was a time for God’s people to be rooted and grounded in the gospel, that time is now, said Daven Watkins, pastor of FBC Pelham, as he preached at the Alabama Baptist State Evangelism Conference on Jan. 29.
When people come to church, they need a message that offers hope, “one that challenges [them] to make a change,” said pastor Reginald Calvert, speaking Jan. 28 during the 2024 State Evangelism Conference.
