LEBANON, Pa. — Frank Schaefer was defrocked by United Methodist officials in Pennsylvania on Dec. 19, 2013, after he refused to conform to denominational rules
Baptist leaders focused on the legal, political, biblical and practical issues related to the country’s changing definition of marriage during the recent “Ministering in the
First Baptist Church, Opelika April 21, 2013 Introduction I am laying aside our weekly study of the book of Acts to do something I rarely
It’s not a comfortable topic for church congregations to discuss. More and more families have relatives living an open homosexual lifestyle, and many Alabama Baptists
As church leaders deal with the question of how best to minister to same-sex couples who come to their churches (see stories, pages 1, 4–5),
The Word of God is a common phrase used and heard by church-going people. Most of us probably recognize that the phrase is capable of
The Ten Commandments given by Yahweh God to His people Israel are recorded by Moses in Exodus 20:3–17 and in Deuteronomy 5:7–21. Although specific to
An article in The Alabama Baptist a few months ago referenced a group that was “indifferent to doctrine and surprisingly fuzzy on Jesus.” I could
