“The work was hard, physically exhausting, but deeply meaningful,” said Keith Brown, director of Church and Community Ministries at the Shelby Baptist Association.
More Alabama students are reading and doing math on grade level, and fewer are scoring at the lowest level, according to new statewide test results released Tuesday.
For the past eight years, Blue Mountain Baptist Church had less than a dozen members, and that number stayed consistent until April. Now it seems a fresh new spirit has taken hold, and members are giving credit to God.
As people across the nation continue to grieve the flooding tragedy in Texas, Alabama Baptists are among those who are responding through prayer and financial gifts to help out with disaster relief efforts.