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.
Many might think chaplains only work in hospitals or the military. But what is mostly unknown is a rapidly growing field — marketplace chaplains.
Billie Ruth Small Moore, a former missionary to Tanzania and summer Bible camp director, died Aug. 18. She was 91. Moore served for four years
Rosalie Hunt said she had been in the house a few times before, but it was just because the owner invited her to see it.
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.
Longtime Alabama pastor Culon P. “C.P.” Davis died July 17, 2024, in Hanceville. He was 94. Davis was the father of five when he was
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.
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