Courtney retires from First, Pell City
January 6, 2000
Pastor A.L. Courtney Jr. doesn’t know why he was called in to the ministry. That is a question he said he has often pondered during
Yother joins Baptist staff as graphic artist
January 6, 2000
Anita Yother joined The Alabama Baptist staff as a graphic artist effective Jan. 3. Yother came to the Baptist from national Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU),
More than 46,000 students celebrate via satellite link
January 6, 2000
More than 1,200 Alabama students found a unique way to spend the end of the 20th Century. They didn’t use the last days of their
A Year in Review
January 6, 2000
By far, the biggest news for Alabama Baptists in 1999 was the defeat of proposed state lottery gambling. Church leaders from different denominations, backgrounds and
Thousands respond to invitation
January 6, 2000
Southern Baptist mission leaders gave a simultaneous invitation to students attending YouthLink 2000 the morning of Dec. 31 to be on mission with God. Thousands
First, Jacksonville, pastor plans retirement
January 6, 2000
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Homer Lindsay Jr., pastor of First Baptist Church in Jacksonville for nearly 31 years, announced Dec. 19 that he will retire at
Columbine crosses displayed
January 6, 2000
The display’s symbols couldn’t be ignored. Spread out in the back on an exhibition hall of the Georgia World Congress Center, 12 wooden crosses remembered
Halbrooks chosen to lead divinity school
January 6, 2000
RICHMOND, Va. – The faculty dean at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond has been tapped as president of American Baptist-related Colgate Rochester Divinity School/Crozer Theological
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