Glory Baptist Church in Winfield, a church plant in northwest Alabama, has seen God affirm its path with “one thing after another” falling into place, said Thomas Hyche, the church’s pastor.
Many interesting and amusing stories have sprung up related to the Christmas season, but none of them is as important as the true story of Christmas — the birth of the Savior!
More than 1,500 Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes were dropped off at FBC Hoover, one of Alabama’s 131 drop-off locations for the annual ministry that reaches children worldwide with the gospel.
At First Source for Women, a pregnancy resource center with locations in Cullman and Hanceville, volunteers want women “to know that we love them and through that offer them the hope of Jesus.”
Youth choir tours have consistently been a ministry with great impact, says Jeff Stith, minister of music at First Baptist Church Birmingham, and more churches should consider adding them to their youth calendars.
The symbols of Christmas remind us that Christ must be at the center of our celebration, says Jay Wolf, pastor emeritus of FBC Montgomery. Don’t get sidetracked with various duties and fail to remember the majesty of Christmas, he urges.
According to the 2023 State of the Bible from American Bible Society, 74% of online worshippers report using the Bible weekly on their own, while only 32% of in-person worshippers say the same.
So what story is inside you that you need to tell? What life experience do you need to pass down? Could writing a book be in your future?
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