A practical guide to estate planning from a Christian perspective

January 14, 2010

When we hear the term “estate planning,” we tend to think it only applies to the rich. However, we all have an estate, and at

FBC Opelika youth pastor uses fake snow as outreach effort

January 14, 2010

You can’t rightly call Alan Jones, youth minister at First Baptist Church, Opelika, an iconoclast. But since moving to Auburn in 2006, he certainly has

Three churches face fires New Year’s week

January 14, 2010

After three seemingly unrelated fires, three Baptist churches in the state are starting the new year dealing with the loss of their buildings — and

2010 SBC Church Compensation Survey now online

January 14, 2010

DALLAS — The 2010 SBC Church Compensation Survey, a joint effort of Baptist state conventions, LifeWay Christian Resources and GuideStone Financial Resources, is now online.

Tajikistan quake leaves hundreds homeless

January 14, 2010

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan — A Jan. 2 earthquake that struck a mountainous region of Tajikistan has left hundreds, perhaps thousands, of villagers homeless in bitter winter

Cooperative Program giving behind ’09 pace

January 14, 2010

NASHVILLE — Year-to-date contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Cooperative Program (CP) are 0.63 percent behind the same time frame at the outset of