Nearly one-quarter of Americans say they have received help from a church-run food pantry in the past, according to a survey by LifeWay Research. In
No scripts, no rehearsal — just straight from the heart. That’s how Samford University President Andrew Westmoreland addressed Alabama Baptist convention messengers Nov. 11 when
In his 1964 State of the Union address President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a “War on Poverty.” Fifty years later, America is still fighting the
For approximately 900,000 Alabamians, poverty is a way of life. Some have always been poor but others have experienced financial setbacks from a job loss,
Several years ago, I was traveling in the southern Philippines, headed to a community where we were going to help with agricultural projects. Along the
Olu Menjay’s days have felt slightly different lately. What was supposed to just be a visit to the United States this summer has instead turned
The All-Africa Baptist Fellowship has set aside Sunday, Oct. 12, to focus prayer on the Ebola outbreak, which to date has claimed more than 3,000
National Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) Foundation and members of LIBA (Liberians in Birmingham, Alabama, Inc.) have teamed up to send a 40-foot ocean container filled
