Alabama churches shy from diet program

October 5, 2000

A doctrinal dispute including a well-known diet program is making ripples in Alabama churches. Now some Alabama churches say they may drop the program because

Alabama missions team see success with Philippines trip

October 5, 2000

The Alabama group arrived at the Manila airport full of excitement at the prospect of holding a free medical clinic for needy Filipinos. Hopes of

Missions volunteers share basics of medicine, gospel

October 5, 2000

Ask anyone who has ever participated in a medical missions trip and they will all tell you the same thing — it changes their life.

Alabama churches committed to medical missions

October 5, 2000

An ongoing desire to develop full-time ministries in the medical missions field has many Alabama churches doing more than recruiting volunteers for a missions trip.

Birmingham’s M-Power ministry ‘first of its kind’

September 21, 2000

Imagine having to choose between paying rent or taking your sick child to the doctor. As medical and insurance costs rise, this tough choice, and

Alabamians participate in missions

September 7, 2000

Pastor Wayne Shelton and members of New Temple Baptist Church, Bagley, participated in a missions trip to Venezuela Aug. 110-17. Holt Church, Tuscaloosa, participated in

Alzheimer’s claims editor, educator Gray

August 31, 2000

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Elmer Gray, 82, retired editor of the California Southern Baptist and a longtime pastor, educator and author, died Aug. 12 in Vancouver,

Progressive National Baptists urge attention to AIDS

August 24, 2000

Delegates to the annual meeting of the Progressive National Baptist Convention called on their churches to increase ministries to those suffering with AIDS and declared