Checking on the sick becomes more restrictive for pastors May 15, 2003 A new federal law that will impact ministers and laypeople who attempt to visit patients in hospitals and nursing homes is now in effect. Effective Read More
Baptist secretaries gather for annual conference May 15, 2003 Nearly 200 Baptist church secretaries gathered at Judson College in Marion April 28–30 for the 41st annual conference of the Alabama Association of Baptist Secretaries. Read More
Alabama Baptist pastors, laymen seek ministry ideas, take tour May 1, 2003 Forty-nine Alabama Baptist recently took a road trip they won’t soon forget. The group of 23 pastors, 22 laymen, one director of missions and three Read More
Baptist Pastor, professor Robertson dies at 87 May 1, 2003 Jackson Ramsey Robertson Sr. of Hoover died April 15. He was 87. A Baptist minister and college professor for more than 50 years, Robertson served Read More
Alabama Baptist secretaries set to meet at Judson April 17, 2003 Be all you can be” may be the U.S. Army’s slogan, but Alabama Baptist secretaries plan to apply that concept to their positions. During the Read More
Working for Warrior church a calling for retired secretary Ruth Shipp April 17, 2003 Being the church secretary at Mount Zion Baptist Church, Warrior, was not a job or work to Ruth Shipp. Instead it was a ministry, a Read More
Barrow retires after 50 years in Baptist ministry April 10, 2003 After almost 50 years of pastoral ministry, Gil Barrow retired from full-time service Dec. 31. A native of Pensacola, Fla., and now living in Read More
Planning crucial to long-range growth April 3, 2003 Any church building committee member can easily look at a swelling Sunday congregation in a cramped sanctuary, see the need for a larger facility and Read More