Madison Association church, pastor part ways

May 29, 2003

On May 18 Pastor Jess Smith preached his last sermon at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Monrovia, near Huntsville in Madison Association. On May

Godfrey accepts Pleasant Grove pastorate

May 29, 2003

The president of the Alabama Baptist State Convention is celebrating a homecoming of sorts. After 19 years of being the pastor of Taylor Road

Alabama pastor J.R. Hawthorne dies

May 29, 2003

J.R. Hawthorne, an active Alabama Baptist for 50 years, died Feb. 14 of an extended illness. Beginning in 1953 Hawthorne served as pastor of Unity

South Alabama pastor preaching more since retirement

May 29, 2003

Burney Enzor has “retired from a full-time pastorate, but not from full-time ministry.” The soon to be 66-year-old pastor celebrated his retirement from Antioch East

Alabama Baptist active in missions

May 29, 2003

The youth of Shades Crest Baptist Church in Birmingham are going on a missions trip to New York June 21-28. The group, comprised of 55

Jibla hospital gunman sentenced to death

May 29, 2003

A suspected al-Qaida militant was sentenced to death May 10 for killing three U.S. missionaries at a Southern Baptist run hospital in Yemen. The lawyer

Childersburg church focusing on purpose

May 29, 2003

CHILDERSBURG, Ala. — In the last few years Grace Baptist Church, Childersburg, adopted a plan to strengthen believers and reach the world for Christ based