Friends of Hale County

November 13, 2008

Friends of Hale County (FOHC) is a nonprofit organization established in 2002 for the purpose of helping Alabama’s “Black Belt counties” — specifically Hale, Greene,

Alabama students set out to ‘MPact’ culture

November 6, 2008

When members of the youth group at Heath Baptist Church, Glencoe, in Etowah Baptist Association, arrived at church Oct. 5, they appeared a bit disheveled

Sterrett WMU group finds ways to help needy

October 30, 2008

The Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) at Beulah Baptist Church, Sterrett, in Shelby Baptist Association is actively pursuing opportunities to help those less fortunate. During July,

Tuscaloosa ministry center debuts new facility

October 23, 2008

The location has changed but the mission remains the same for Tuscaloosa Baptist Association’s Christian Ministry Center: to supply clothes and food for people in

Alabama F.A.I.T.H. Riders make first trip to Sturgis bike rally

October 23, 2008

When Marcus Merritt left Alabama with the F.A.I.T.H. Riders motorcycle group in early August, he was in full biker gear. By the time the group

F.A.I.T.H. Riders commissioned at Camp Ground Church

October 23, 2008

Attending an event earlier this year during which some members of F.A.I.T.H. Riders Motorcycle Ministry spoke sparked an idea for some members of Camp Ground

Yarbrough Street Church reaches out to neighborhood’s ‘melting pot’

October 23, 2008

Montgomery’s Yarbrough Street Baptist Church tells a story familiar to countless Baptist churches across the state. Founded as a mission church a mile from a