Retired missionary Bill Cowley dies April 12

April 12, 2023

Bill Cowley, a retired missionary and Samford University professor, died April 12. He was 92. Cowley and his wife, Audrey, served as International Mission Board

Illegal slot machines seized April 11 in Jefferson County

April 12, 2023

Over a dozen bingo halls in Jefferson County have been shut down after a multi-community effort April 11. Speaking at an April 12 news conference

Former Braves star Sid Bream to speak at 413 Men’s Conference

April 10, 2023

Former Atlanta Braves baseball star Sid Bream will speak at the 413 Men’s Conference on April 29 in Jasper. Bream’s famous game-winning slide against the

Chatraw joining Samford University’s Beeson Divinity School faculty

April 10, 2023

Southern Baptist and award-winning Christian apologist and theologian Joshua Chatraw is the latest addition to the faculty of Beeson Divinity School at Samford University in

Missionary’s Easter video opens doors to discipleship, becomes means of ‘the Lord working’

April 10, 2023

A stranger slid into Carina Beaty’s Instagram DMs. The message would open not just chat windows but doors to discipleship Carina couldn’t have imagined when

Refugee’s journey from hurting to working at children’s home shows God ‘not letting go’

April 8, 2023

Lun’s journey from hiding in the jungle in a Southeast Asian country to working at the Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children is a journey of

Newbern Baptist hosting 175th anniversary April 22

April 7, 2023

Newbern Baptist Church is hosting its 175th anniversary Saturday, April 22 at 11 a.m. Tom Stacey, retired director of missions of Cahaba Baptist Association (now