Derek L. Staples is lead pastor of First Baptist Church, Jacksonville, and serves on the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions’ executive committee. He and
For members of the Alabama Singing Men (ASM), the Ministry Tour 2014 was an opportunity to do more than just sing Christian music, Keith Hibbs
Don Palmer, minister of music and worship at Bay Springs Baptist Church, Shelby, retired April 20 after serving there 10 years. Palmer, 78, has been
Elkton Road Baptist Church, Athens Do you know God? Do you really know Him in an intimate and personal way? It is possible to be
Clemson head football coach Dabo Swinney has responded to complaints from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) expressing “constitutional concerns about how the public university’s
David Birdsong stands in the parking lot of Liberty Baptist Church, Chelsea, each Sunday and gives a high-energy greeting to members and guests. “It’s all
Jan Jones was teaching fourth-grade Sunday School at Dawson Memorial Baptist Church, Birmingham, and loved it. When the children’s minister at the church had to
Many churches in the state of Alabama count on volunteer, part-time or bivocational leaders to assume the role of youth minister to their congregations. The
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