NASHVILLE — Gifts to the Southern Baptist Convention’s Cooperative Program in April were 10.72 percent below gifts for April 2001. Year-to-date support for CP missions,
Membership in Southern Baptist churches set an all-time record in 2001 with a total of 16,052,920 persons, an increase of 92,612 over the previous year.
The president of the Alabama Baptist State Convention, Michael D. McLemore, was awarded the honorary doctor of divinity degree during graduation ceremonies for the University
HOOVER — Buddy Gray, pastor of Hunter Street Baptist Church of Hoover, was elected the 2002–2003 chairman of the board for Southern Baptist Theological Seminary