Wellness retreat for hurting ministers
July 2, 2009
A wellness retreat for hurting ministers and their spouses will be held July 6–10 at Samford University in Birmingham. The retreat is sponsored by the
Messengers re-elect Hunt, adopt budget
July 2, 2009
Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) messengers re-elected Johnny Hunt as president, adopted a $204,385,592.63 budget and voted to discontinue the convention relationship with a Texas church
Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame
July 2, 2009
The Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame (AWHF) is soliciting nominations for the 2010 induction, which will be held March 4 during Women’s History Month. The
Shortfalls cut missionary force; Rankin notes lost opportunities
July 2, 2009
The lack of sufficient funding to support missionaries may not be an economic problem but a problem of “hearts that aren’t aligned with the Lord’s
State paper provides community, ministry ideas, window to world
July 2, 2009
When Bethany Akridge was growing up, The Alabama Baptist newspaper was always laying around the house. But it wasn’t until college that she picked one
Platt, others challenge SBC to ‘LoveLoud’
July 2, 2009
I am at a crisis of belief.” This is what David Platt, pastor of The Church at Brook Hills, Birmingham, told messengers to the Southern
Tiny Glenwood Church has top ratio of baptisms
July 2, 2009
About six miles southeast of Luverne in tiny Glenwood, there is a small wooden church. And people there have been getting wet. Pastor Clarence Crowe
St. Clair’s Chandler new DOM editor
July 2, 2009
Ben Chandler, director of missions (DOM) for St. Clair Baptist Association, was named editor of “DOM Viewpoint” during the national DOM meeting June 21–22 in
