For more than 30 years, East Cooper Baptist Church in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, has remained committed to missions locally and internationally. Their commitment includes
“Scrooge: A Christmas Carol” is a free four-part audio drama presented by Hope Media Group and Compassion International that includes names you know and a faith-centric plot adapted from Charles Dickens’ popular novel.
Don Johnson’s 71 years of ministry included 27 years at Tuskegee Lee Association — he retired as director of missions in 2006. He died Dec. 17.
Five Christians in Nigeria’s Plateau state were killed in attacks, and an abducted elderly man was slain even though his family paid ransom.
Brenda Lovelady Spahn, who founded The Lovelady Center in Birmingham 20 years ago, died Dec. 18. She was 75. More than 19,600 women have come through the program she started in 2004.
Between songs at their sold-out “Drummer Boy Christmas” performance at the Grand Ole Opry on Dec. 17, Joel Smallbone, along with his brother Luke of the Christian band For King and Country, mentioned it was an evening of firsts.
Lee Allen, who served as a history professor at Samford University for 40 years, died Dec. 16. During his time at Samford, he was a prolific writer, particularly of Baptist history. He was also named Life Deacon at Mountain Brook Baptist.
For unspecified reasons, a local government in Uzbekistan is demolishing a Baptist church’s buildings.
