Sheriff: Pastor dead, 2 hurt in shooting at Texas church
January 4, 2021
A 21-year-old man who hid from police in an East Texas church was charged with first-degree murder and felony assault in a shooting that left
Samaritan’s Purse to open a North Carolina field hospital for COVID-19 patients
January 4, 2021
Samaritan’s Purse is opening a field hospital in western North Carolina to treat overflow patients suffering from the coronavirus. The evangelical humanitarian relief organization headed
Trussville ministry provides a place for independence
January 3, 2021
Independence Place of Alabama is a faith-based ministry where adults with intellectual disabilities can develop connections and lifelong relationships with peers. Carrie Jones, a high
Ridgecrest Conference Center sale finalized
December 31, 2020
LifeWay Christian Resources has finalized the sale of Ridgecrest Conference Center and Summer Camps to the Ridgecrest Foundation, a group dedicated to using the property
Former Alabama convention president Harper Shannon dies Dec. 30
December 30, 2020
Longtime pastor and leader among Alabama Baptists Harper Shannon died Dec. 30 of complications from progressive dementia. He was 89. Shannon retired from full-time ministry
Protests, pandemics and politics: The top 2020 searches for Bible passages online
December 28, 2020
In the midst of a strange and stressful year, people turned to the same place they have for decades in their search for answers. The
Hamilton pastor Mike Stancil dies Dec. 26
December 26, 2020
Alabama Baptist pastor Michael “Mike” Stancil died Dec. 26 after a six-week battle with COVID-19. Stancil, 49, was pastor of Fulton Bridge Baptist Church, Hamilton,
Former state convention president Dewey Corder dies Dec. 25
December 26, 2020
Dewey Corder, longtime pastor of Central Baptist Church, Argo, died Dec. 25, reportedly from COVID pneumonia and heart failure. He served Central Baptist for 24
