Alabama Baptists join the larger family of Southern Baptists in condemning the actions of Hamas against innocent and vulnerable people in Israel, says Rick Lance, executive director of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions.
ALCAP Sunday is now Ireland-Godfrey ALCAP Sunday, and the Nov. 12 emphasis provides an opportunity to pray and give to support moral values in Alabama.
The Mobile Baptist Association adopted a resolution praising a local mayor’s decision to dismiss two liaisons to the LGBTQ+ community appointed last year.
Speaking in Birmingham, pastor and author Tony Evans said of the U.S., “We continue to suffer from the wounds of division and calamity and crisis, racial animus (and) negative political discord that is often bred along racial lines.”
Caring Well Sunday, Sept. 24, is on the SBC Calendar this year for the first time, giving churches an opportunity to acknowledge the emotional toll of sexual abuse and commit to ensuring congregations are safe places.
Drafting a will and making a plan for one’s children andL assets after death is not easy, but The Baptist Foundation of Alabama can help make the process intentional, affordable and God-honoring.
Barbara Cross, whose father, John, was the pastor of 16th Street Baptist Church when it was bombed on Sept. 15, 1963, said the trauma of that terrible day had an effect on her family but taught her important lessons too.
As we approach the 60th anniversary of the Sept. 15, 1963, bombing that killed four young girls at 16th Street Baptist Church, what have we learned about racial reconciliation and what can churches today do to foster peace and harmony?
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