New City Church reaches destitute

June 12, 2003

To some, Birmingham’s public housing communities are hopeless neighborhoods plagued by poverty and crime, but one local couple and a few Alabama Baptist churches see

Georgia Baptist teen wins national Speak Out

June 12, 2003

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Seventeen-year-old Reuben Bidez of Harps Crossing Baptist Church in Fayetteville, Ga., has won the national 2003 Challengers Speak Out competition. Challengers is

Strategy group seeks pulse of Alabama churches

June 12, 2003

Listen to local churches, focus on the Great Commission, and seek the advance of God’s Kingdom. These were the exhortations of speakers at the May

Patsy Riley shares her ‘tested by fire’ faith with FBC Talladega women

June 12, 2003

Sometimes we must be tested by fire to become what God wants us to be, Alabama first lady Patsy Riley recently told more than 200

Speaker Tournament scholarships boosted financially

May 29, 2003

It pays to study your Bible and learn how to articulate its truths. Just ask Amber Cheung, this year’s winner of the State Speakers Tournament

Birmingham classes encourage Hispanic ministry

May 20, 2003

After taking foreign language classes in high school, most people forget most of what they learn, but not Jerry Gay. Remarkably, after only four

M-Power names Gladney new executive director

May 15, 2003

The board of directors of a Birmingham-area ministry recently named Robert E. (Bob) Gladney Jr. as executive director of its organization. M-Power Ministries is a