George Liele: The world’s first Baptist missionary
January 18, 2025
Feb. 2 is George Liele Church Planting, Evangelism and Missions Sunday.
Tinsley — longtime minister of music, youth, senior adults — dies at 75
January 17, 2025
David Earl Tinsley Sr., who served at First Baptist Church Headland, First Baptist Church Slocomb and Bellwood Baptist Church, died Jan. 12.
Longtime ‘country preacher,’ evangelist Roper dies at 88
January 15, 2025
Emmett Roper, a longtime Alabama Baptist evangelist, died Jan. 11. He was 88. Roper, who called himself “a country preacher,” served in ministry for more than 60 years as a pastor, bivocational pastor, evangelist and author.
Childhood church experiences influenced current Mission Volunteers of the Year
December 30, 2024
Debra Abston and Kimberly Posey of Pickens County attribute their missions training as children as well as Sunday School teachers through the years for instilling in them a heart for sharing the gospel and focusing on the Great Commission.
Carter remembered as faithful teacher, global humanitarian
December 29, 2024
President Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer turned politician who taught Sunday School for decades, died today (Dec. 29). At age 100, he was the country’s oldest living president.
Someone You Should Know — Tucker Briley
December 29, 2024
Tucker Briley, 45, of Elberta did not imagine that her Christian life journey would include being an interim children’s minister, yet that is what happened after she had served for a time as the preschool assistant …
Longtime FBC Ashville pastor Sampley dies at 77
December 28, 2024
James Sampley served as pastor of FBC Ashville from 1996 to 2013 and of James Memorial Baptist Church in Gadsden from 1981 to 1987. He also served as pastor of Faith Baptist Church in West Blocton while he was a student at Samford.
Sid Nichols, longtime pastor and DOM, dies at 72
December 28, 2024
Sid Nichols, retired Alabama Baptist pastor and director of missions, died today (Dec. 28). He served 30 years as a pastor then 15 as director of missions for Calhoun Baptist Association before retiring from full-time ministry in 2016.
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