For schoolteacher and Alabama Baptist Carolyn Lowery, winning last year’s Sallie Mae First Class Teacher Award was a huge shock. For people who know her,
Barbara Brown, a high school librarian in Tennessee for 30 years, looks like the stereotypic quiet, mild-mannered librarian. But looks can be deceiving. Brown, who
Thirteen proved a lucky number for a team from the United Sates competing in the recent Olympic activities in Sydney, Australia. Andrea Mullins, a member
Five missionaries with Alabama ties were among recent appointees by the North American Mission Board (NAMB). Sammy and Joyce Campbell were appointed in church and
Kathie Lee Gifford came under fire because it was said some of her clothing line was produced under questionable circumstances. Human rights issues abound in
GUATEMALA CITY — The Mennonite World Conference has elected its first woman president to lead the body of 1 million Anabaptist Christians around the world. Nancy Heisey,
CINCINNATI, Ohio — The African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest black denomination in the U.S., elected its first female bishop July 11. Vashti McKenzie was