Longtime Navy chaplain, pastor Martindale dies

March 17, 2024

Richard E. Martindale, a former Navy chaplain and Baptist pastor, died Feb. 25. He was 83.

WMU’s Complete event centers teen girls on God’s truth

March 14, 2024

“We live in a world that tells you, ‘you’re not good enough, you’re not pretty enough, you’re not smart enough.’ Then at Complete … it is a breath of fresh air and you hear how you are loved, you are beautifully created … “

Pleasant View Missionary Baptist hosting singing March 17

March 13, 2024

Pleasant View Missionary Baptist Church, Holly Pond, will host a “Redback Church Hymnal” singing Sunday, March 17 at 5 p.m.

Retired DOM, pastor Charles Christmas Sr. dies at 97

March 13, 2024

Charles Merry Christmas Sr., a former pastor and director of missions, died March 10. He was 97.

Mike Benefield remembered for life of making Jesus ‘known in all things’

March 12, 2024

Pastor Daniel Waid said the day after his friend Mike Benefield died, a young girl from Haiti was baptized whom Benefield had been bringing to church through the bus ministry. It’s a testimony of the way Benefield lived his life, Waid said.

Samford wins first SoCon tournament, advances to NCAA Big Dance

March 12, 2024

The Samford men’s basketball team earned its first-ever Southern Conference Tournament title with a hard-fought 76-69 win over ETSU in the championship game Monday evening at Harrah’s Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina.

Congregation in Montgomery becomes first known Mixtec Baptist church; Rose to retire from planting

March 11, 2024

Every Sunday night, Lisa Rose meets with a small church. They’re precious to God and precious to her, but she said there’s something else about them that’s significant, something historically important — and they don’t even realize it.