Roger Houston, pastor of Hook Street Baptist Church in Tuscumbia, died Jan. 28 after almost five decades of pastoral ministry at several Alabama churches and a long career in education.
Rick Lance began serving with the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions in 1998 and has served more than 55 years total in Alabama Baptist churches and ministry positions.
There is a troubling silence surrounding the recent disruption of a Sunday worship service at a church in Minnesota. That silence deserves scrutiny, not because of the personalities involved, but because of the principle at stake.
Fun note — I get to share with an assembly of students at my alma mater, Phil Campbell High School, in a few weeks.
Wesley Dickmann’s life changed in a “miracle year for me,” said the 82-year-old artist and minister.
After a winter storm swept across north Mississippi in late January — at the same time a tornado and straight-line winds affected south Alabama — Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief teams are hard at work.
The Senate Thursday also passed Sen. Keith Kelley’s Senate Bill 41 to prohibit people who are convicted of elder abuse and neglect or financial exploitation of an elderly person from profiting from that person’s death.
Here’s the Bible Studies for Life Sunday School Lesson for Feb. 8, written by Jeffery M. Leonard, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biblical & Religious Studies at Samford University.
