McLemore celebrates 25th year

November 20, 2003

When Mike McLemore started as youth pastor of Lakeside Baptist Church in Birmingham in 1974 he never dreamed one day he’d be celebrating his 25th

Four Southwestern professors resign

November 20, 2003

Four prominent professors resigned from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, in early November, only to be named faculty members of the new

SBC, Southwestern differ on offering for seminaries

November 13, 2003

A special seminary offering being proposed by the president and trustees of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, runs counter to a report

Serving bivocationally expands Birmingham pastor’s reach

November 13, 2003

Some pastors may see serving bivocationally as a stepping stone to serving in a full-time pastorate. But for Ed Horsley, recently retired from Lake Highland

Reaching a young woman like Lindsey weighed by church growth thinkers

November 12, 2003

The young woman in the video spoke freely about her views on God. As Lindsey took a puff from her cigarette, she explained that God

Stanley speaks against SBC ban on female pastors

October 30, 2003

FORT WORTH, Texas — A former president of the Southern Baptist Convention ridiculed the denomination’s mandate that wives should submit to their husbands and doesn’t

Crumpton to retire from Alabaster pastorate in his 23rd year

October 23, 2003

Wayne Crumpton, of First Baptist Church, Alabaster, recently announced his intent to retire from his full-time pastorate effective Dec. 31. In making his announcement to