80-year-old Prattville preacher retiring, plans to keep preaching August 28, 2003 After nearly 60 years of ministry, Jim Zachary will retire Aug. 31 as pastor of Crestview Baptist Church in Prattville. The church plans to mark Read More
State Board of Missions helps pastors with personal needs July 24, 2003 Some Alabama Baptist church members may not want to believe it, but their pastors are human too. These days, more than ever, pastors are Read More
Wellness retreat ministers to pastors June 26, 2003 Where do those that are the helpers for so many go when they need help themselves? Many ministers get discouraged in their demanding jobs Read More
SBC annuitant program helps Alabama’s retired pastors June 19, 2003 For more than 50 years C.W. served as a Southern Baptist pastor, but now this Alabama preacher finds it difficult to support himself and his Read More
SBC annuitant program helps Alabama’s retired pastors June 19, 2003 For more than 50 years C.W. served as a Southern Baptist pastor, but now this Alabama preacher finds it difficult to support himself and his Read More
Calera pastor rides cross-country, raises money to build orphanage in Haiti June 12, 2003 Mark Sickmiller, pastor of Northside Baptist Church, Calera, has discovered a surefire 24-day weight loss plan: Ride a bicycle for 2,578 miles. The now extra-lean Read More
Author of ‘Jonah and the Whale’ retires as pastor of Centercrest June 5, 2003 In the early 1970s, members of a search committee at Centercrest Baptist Church in Birmingham went out to hear a prospective preacher deliver a Sunday Read More
South Alabama church, family a cradle of Christian calling June 5, 2003 After Turner Johnston, an older deacon of Frankville Baptist Church began fervently praying in the early 1920s for God to call a preacher from their Read More