Beech Grove rededicates church to Christ

October 27, 2016

“Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain who built it,” read Pastor Alan Compton to the congregation at Beech Grove Baptist Church,

Bethlehem Association celebrates 200th anniversary

October 27, 2016

Bethlehem Baptist Association — consisting of 25 churches in Monroe County — celebrated its 200th anniversary Oct. 16 at First Baptist Church, Monroeville, during the

The Alabama Baptist prepares to celebrate 175-year anniversary

October 27, 2016

Plans for a yearlong celebration of the 175th anniversary of The Alabama Baptist newspaper were approved during the Oct. 7–8 meeting of the ministry’s board

Baptists ask for prayer for Ethiopian unrest

October 27, 2016

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Baptists in Ethiopia are asking for prayer after more than two months of unrest have cost the nation hundreds of lives.

SBC ends fiscal year $9.23 million over goal

October 27, 2016

NASHVILLE — The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) ended its fiscal year $9.23 million over its 2015–2016 budgeted goal and $6.57 million over the previous year’s

Annie Armstrong 2016 giving 2nd highest ever

October 27, 2016

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The nearly $59 million given to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering in 2016 ranks second highest in the offering’s history, the North

Assessments, life-saving relief efforts continue after Hurricane Matthew

October 20, 2016

By Neisha Roberts The Alabama Baptist By 7 a.m. that morning Jared McCrory had heard from officials at Children’s Hope in Jacmel, Haiti, accounting for