Everyone has a story about their lives. Not many share their stories, and even fewer disclose the hard times — those that have a stigma and are embarrassing to talk about.
In his more than a half century of ministry, Stephen Brown served five Alabama Baptist churches in a minister of education role and served for more 40 years with the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions in the office of Sunday School.
Doug Bilbrey, worship leader at Hollinger’s Island Baptist Church in Mobile, died Aug. 14. In recent weeks, Bilbrey had also led Hollinger’s Island Baptist as they searched for a new pastor.
James “Jim” Auchmuty — longtime pastor of Shades Crest Baptist Church in Hoover and First Baptist Church Roebuck Plaza in Birmingham — died Aug. 5, nine days after preaching his final sermon. He was 90 years old.