Former Alabama WMU president dies

April 2, 2025

Isabel Shaw Andrews Triplitt died on March 23 in Columbus, Georgia. She was 101.

Selma pastor James Spicer Sr. dies

April 2, 2025

James Alexander Spicer Sr., pastor of Freedom Baptist Church in Selma for nearly three decades, died March 2. He was 87.

Longtime Alabama Baptist pastor Bill Broome dies at 89

March 21, 2025

William E. “Bill” Broome Jr., a retired preacher, died March 6. He was 89. A Georgia native, Broome was called to preach at age 15, graduated

Longtime pastor Jack Still dies at 80

March 17, 2025

For years, Jack Still served as pastor of Mount Joy Baptist Church in Hanceville, Mount Zion Baptist Church in Cullman, First Baptist Church Fairfield and Elkton Road Baptist Church in Athens.

Sloan ‘retiring’ longtime Heroes of the Faith column

March 4, 2025

Throughout the years, the articles have profiled a wide range of theologians, pastors, missionaries, authors, hymn writers, educators and others who used their gifts and talents in the place and time they lived.

Former IMB missionary Mary Swedenburg dies March 2

March 3, 2025

Before returning to Alabama in 2003, Mary Swedenburg served for 34 years in Japan with the International Mission Board.

Someone You Should Know — Pam Bradford

February 25, 2025

Many years ago, Pam Bradford of Hueytown saw people from the Appalachian Mountains without proper food, clothes, shoes and other necessities. Pam knew she had seen this poverty for a reason.