Michael David Beck, minister of music at First Baptist Church, Columbia, died Sept. 15. He was 67. He served churches in Alabama, Florida and Georgia
While listening to Kari Jobe’s “Revelation Song,” Travis Mattair had a revelation of his own. “I wasn’t really happy with baseball at the time,” said
Dick Thomassian — “block-party guru” and retired longtime staff member of Whitesburg Baptist Church, Huntsville — died Sept. 18. He was 86. Thomassian started his
In 1979, Al Jackson told the search committee at Lakeview Baptist Church, Auburn, that if they called him as pastor, he planned to stay for
When students at the Baptist College of Florida were required to move fully online to complete the spring 2020 semester, a long-distance friendship formed between
Saluting “the sons and daughters of America” serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, Mary Gray said she is compelled to minister to military wives and
Billy Austin, longtime leader of Alabama Baptist Retirement Centers and current interim director of missions of Tuscaloosa Baptist Association, died Sept. 12. He was in
Ed Wallen — longtime pastor of Vineland Park Baptist Church, Hueytown, and active missions leader — died Aug. 29. He was 83. A Kentucky native,
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