Former state convention president Tondera dies
February 21, 2013
Steve E. Tondera Sr., of Huntsville, a former Alabama Baptist State Convention (ABSC) president and one of only a handful of lay church members
Retired Alabama pastor Sharp dies at 87
February 14, 2013
Richard L. Sharp, a native of Decatur, spent more than 50 years serving Alabama Baptist churches. He passed away Jan. 16 at the age
Pilgrim Rest’s pastor Tierce dies at 59
February 14, 2013
Stevie Russell Tierce had a “genuine heart” and was “very compassionate,” said Wendell Dutton, director of missions for Cherokee Baptist Association. Tierce, who was a
Texas church loses second minister
February 4, 2013
Jim Gray, 68, associate senior adult minister at First Baptist Church of Woodway, Texas, near Waco, was killed Jan. 30 in a head-on crash as
Bobbie Jean Benton Best, obituary
January 31, 2013
Bobbie Jean Benton Best died Jan. 20. She was 79. Best was the wife of James Richard Best, retired director of missions for Bethlehem and
Alabama Baptist minister dies at 78, Edward Owen Heptinstall Sr.
January 31, 2013
After serving 31 years in ministry, Edward Owen Heptinstall Sr. passed away Dec. 22, 2012. He was 78. Born in Anniston, Heptinstall received a bachelor
Former IMB missionary dies, William Hugo Parkman
January 24, 2013
William Hugo Parkman, a former Southern Baptist missionary from Valley, died Nov. 20, 2012. He was 92. Parkman was born Dec. 11, 1919, in Langdale
Alabama Baptist pastor dies, Bob Pruitt
January 24, 2013
Bob Pruitt spent more than 50 years of his life serving Alabama Baptist churches. He died Dec. 18, 2012, at the age of 79. Pruitt,
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