Featured SYSK made it to 105

February 7, 2020

In 2013, Elizabeth Forehand was featured in TAB’s Someone You Should Know (SYSK) column for her many years of ministry at Thomasville Baptist Church. On

Longtime Southern Baptist, Alabama Baptist pastor Penn dies at 85

February 5, 2020

Longtime Southern Baptist pastor Jessie Wayne Penn died Jan. 13. He was 85. Penn attended Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina, and New Orleans

Bill O’Brien, Missions innovator, founding director of Global Center at Beeson Divinity School, dies at age 86

February 5, 2020

Bill O’Brien, a former Southern Baptist music missionary acknowledged as a leading expert in 21st century global missions, died Feb. 2. He was 86. O’Brien

ALCAP director emeritus, unofficial state chaplain Ireland dies at 89

January 8, 2020

D.L. “Dan” Ireland, director emeritus of Alabama Citizens Action Program (ALCAP), died Dec. 24. He was 89. Ireland made an impact on the state during

Retired Barbour Association DOM, R.C. Belcher, dies at 92

January 1, 2020

R.C. Belcher, retired director of missions for Barbour Baptist Association, died Dec. 13. He was 92. Belcher earned a bachelor’s degree in biblical studies from

Longtime Alabama Baptist pastor, active volunteer dies at 73

January 1, 2020

Longtime Alabama Baptist pastor Ronald Gordon Hicks died Dec. 6. He was 73. In his more than 40 years of ministry he served in a

Sylvania Baptist music director Sizemore dies at 41

December 12, 2019

Chip Sizemore, music director at Sylvania Baptist Church died on October 26. He was 41. Sizemore served Sylvania Baptist for nine years following the retirement