Last year, 30 percent of the 3,249 Alabama Baptist churches reported nearly $500 million in debt, according to the Annual Church Profile. Yet some congregations
State Baptist churches have reached out to their local schools for years and one way that outreach continues to see great success is by bringing
ERFURT, Germany — A retired German pastor set himself on fire Oct. 31, apparently killing himself as a protest against what he saw as the
According to Les Hughes, Intentional Evangelism is messy. "We are called to go to people we don’t like," said Hughes, pastor of Westwood Baptist Church,
Alabama Baptists approved a record budget, a new state-to-state missions partnership and a revised church retirement plan during the Alabama Baptist State Convention (ABSC) annual
Roger Willmore said he never dreamed of finding himself perched atop the Alabama Baptist State Convention (ABSC) officer ladder, but now that he has stepped
When seminary students are asked, "Why do you want to be in the ministry?," many respond, "To keep people from hurting." Although their hearts are
After 55 years of ministry — most of which took place in the Bessemer area — James L. Terpo retired from the pastorate of West
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