First person: Letters of Love — A Mother’s Day tribute

May 8, 2020

By Karen O. Allen Special to The Alabama Baptist This month my mother, Margaret O’Kelley, will be celebrating her 90th birthday. She still teaches Sunday

Women discerning call to ministry

July 11, 2018

Former Alabama Baptist and new author Kristen Padilla remembers crying to her pastor father wishing she had been born a boy. At least then she

Co-author Powell shares 6 ways to reach young people

October 27, 2016

There’s no way around it: The Church is shrinking, and it’s aging. And with the growing number of unchurched young people, churches may be inclined

‘Backbone’ of the church: Senior adults valuable segment of church population

October 7, 2016

By Carrie Brown McWhorter Correspondent, The Alabama Baptist There may be more millennials than Baby Boomers alive today, but Americans 65 and older remain a

Women you should know from Alabama WMU history

August 25, 2016

Jessie Davis Stakely During her term as president (1908–1920), Stakely challenged Alabama Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) members to fund a hospital for women in Laichowfu,

Forestdale’s Hillview Baptist Church ‘went crazy’ over 2016 crown

June 24, 2016

Though watching his daughter being crowned as Miss Alabama 2016 on June 11 was a “proud moment” for Pastor Mark Barber, seeing Hayley Barber come

WMU’s Lee honored by WMU, SBC leaders, mission boards

June 23, 2016

Approximately 150 Southern Baptist leaders, family members and friends from across the country gathered in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 11 to honor Wanda Lee