More than 70 percent of Southern Baptist churches in the United States are plateaued or declining in membership. The Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions
Harmony Baptist Church, Choccolocco, was chartered on April 21, 1838, and on April 21, 2013, the church celebrated its 175th anniversary. Several former church members
Robinwood Baptist Church, Birmingham, celebrated 75 years of ministry April 7 with about 100 people in attendance. Pastor Dale Creel, who has led Robinwood Baptist
Wendell Dutton (right), director of missions for Cherokee Baptist Association, presents Ken Clement (left), director of missions for DeKalb Baptist Association, and his wife, Cecilia,