“Tonight, we will celebrate what God is doing because of the work all of us in this room are doing together,” said Todd Lafferty, IMB executive vice president, welcoming those attending the dinner.
The lights dim as quiet music fills the room. Conversations silence, heads bow, and hands lift as college students stand shoulder-to-shoulder and prepare their hearts and minds in readiness for what is to come.
The Alabama-based nonprofit reports a 42% increase in participating programs, a 33% rise in program sites, and a 55% expansion in county coverage compared to last summer.
Borrowers who have defaulted on their federal student loans will no longer be at risk of having their Social Security benefits garnished, a U.S. Education Department spokesperson said June 3.
This year, the International Mission Board is taking a moment to celebrate a significant milestone: the Journeyman program’s 60th anniversary.
“To be in a group of ministry leaders in the same season has been very encouraging to me because it reassures me I’m not on an island,” said Tucker Bryson, youth minister of First Baptist Church Centre.
The new law, the result of House Bill 8 from Rep. Barbara Drummond, D-Mobile, prohibits the sale of vape products outside of vape stores and specialty shops, save for a few products authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
More than half of Alabama’s K-12 public school districts will see a drop in state-funded teacher units next year, according to documents Alabama Daily News received from the Alabama Department of Education.
