South Sudanese Christians ordered to leave country

February 7, 2013

NAIROBI, Kenya — A South Sudanese couple, Anthony and Cecilia Jamu, and Ismail Bashir, a pastor from South Sudan, were ordered to leave Sudan on

Scouts delaying vote, spark Baptist leaders’ hopefulness

February 7, 2013

Facing pressure from its supporters and members, the Boy Scouts executive board announced Feb. 6 it is delaying a decision on lifting its prohibition of

First Church, Montgomery, and First Church, Prattville, co-sponsor Among Friends Women’s Conference

February 7, 2013

First Church, Montgomery, and First Church, Prattville, will co-sponsor the Among Friends Women’s Conference. The event will be Feb. 15, 7–9 p.m., and Feb. 16,

Uzbek charged for ‘illegally’ storing religious literature

February 7, 2013

URGENCH, Uzbekistan — After two raids on her home in Urgench in northwest Uzbekistan in January and being detained for 11 hours, Sharofat Allamova

North Clay Baptist finds new home for merged congregation

February 7, 2013

North Clay Baptist Church, Clay, knows a feeling few churches experience — what it’s like to be bursting at the seams from day one. The

Union Chapel Church, Remlap, new minister of music

February 7, 2013

Rodney Bouchet is the new minister of music for Union Chapel Church, Remlap. He is a graduate of Southeastern Bible College in Birmingham and holds

Chick-fil-A sales up 14 percent even after ‘uproars’ against Cathy

February 7, 2013

Last summer’s uproar over Chick-fil-A head Dan Cathy’s defense of the company’s support for organizations opposed to gay “marriage” didn’t hurt the company’s bottom line.