Following more than two decades of service at Alabama Baptist Retirement Centers (ABRC), Billy Austin retired from his role as president Jan. 31. Austin originally
Iranian-American pastor Saeed Abedini was sentenced to eight years in Iran’s most notorious prison Jan. 27 for allegedly threatening “national security” by planting house churches
Jesus died about mid-afternoon on Good Friday (see Mark 15:34, 37). His body was wrapped in linen and transported to a rock-hewn tomb located in
Two new state missionaries have joined the staff of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions (SBOM), and another staffer is moving into a director
A missionary on all levels of Baptist life, Gary Swafford retired Jan. 31. Swafford most recently served as director of the office of associational missions
Bible Studies for Life Director, Resource Center for Pastoral Excellence, Samford University THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL 1 Timothy 1:3–7, 12–20 “You can take that
The Boy Scouts of America is seriously considering lifting its ban on gay and lesbian troop leaders and could make the change official the first
Edwin (Ed) Hayes, pastor of First Baptist Church, Cullman, could not have imagined he would spend his last two years of full-time ministry rebuilding a
