Messengers to the 2023 Alabama Baptist State Convention annual meeting adopted the 2024 Cooperative Program budget and heard a variety of reports during the Nov. 14 afternoon session.
D’Linell Finley says not to listen to anybody who tells you to sit down. “We’re working to finish the unfinished; there’s still a lot to be done,” he said as he spoke at the Alabama African American Fellowship banquet Nov. 13.
Buddy Champion said Moses had a lot of interesting chapters in his story. He was orphaned, anger-filled and struggled at times to speak well — but God still used him in a mighty way.
Mount Zion Baptist Church, Jasper, celebrated its 150th anniversary Sept. 16 with music, historical displays, activities for children and lunch.
“Take everything off of your worry list tonight and put it all on your prayer list,” he said. “Every time you are tempted to worry, stop and take that matter to God in prayer … you really can pray your worries away.”
Baptists in Alabama want to know more than what our leaders are doing; we want to know what God is doing in our state, nation and world among His people.
“The doctrine of Christ’s ascension is fuel for perseverance,” Mason said. “Psalm 2 says He who sits in the heavens laughs, and the New Testament comes along and says He who sits in the heavens has a name — Jesus Christ.”
Herb Thomas was presented with the third annual Fred Wolfe Lifetime Pastoral Ministry Award on Nov. 13 during the evening session of the Alabama Baptist Pastors Conference.
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