Losing house doesn’t stop man from serving

April 22, 2021

George Hamilton had just turned 89 when a tornado leveled his house in 2011. “It was blown completely away, down to the floor,” he said.

Headline News from around the Southeast for April 22

April 21, 2021

Arkansas A total of 611 students from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, completed 76 projects throughout their community during the university’s Tiger Serve Day

Josh Nichols is the new student pastor of North Highlands Baptist Church

April 21, 2021

BIRMINGHAM METRO ASSOCIATION Josh Nichols is the new student pastor of North Highlands Baptist Church, Hueytown. He grew up in Hueytown and graduated from the

Steve Sellers retires from Alabama Baptist Children’s Homes & Family Ministries

April 21, 2021

Steve Sellers wasn’t planning on working for Alabama Baptist Children’s Homes & Family Ministries. He just knew God was leading him to work with wounded

National Geographic report examines resiliency of Alabama’s faith communities in wake of adversity

April 21, 2021

Some 77% of adults in Alabama say religion is “very important” in their lives — a higher percentage than in any other state. Yet Alabamians

Baptists of Burma organize multiethnic diaspora rally in DC against coup in Myanmar

April 21, 2021

Clara Thethtet Tunwin had had enough. Tunwin, who emigrated with her family from Myanmar, formerly Burma, in the early 2000s, had been closely following news

Russia, China, Myanmar recommended for State Department list of religious freedom violators

April 21, 2021

A religious freedom watchdog is urging the State Department to name four additional countries to its list of the worst religious liberty offenders. In its 2021