Giving back to the community

September 1, 2011

Members of the Judson College soccer team sort and fill backpacks for local students at the Sowing Seeds of Hope interfaith initiative. They also worked

Sunday alcohol sales rejected in Tuscaloosa County, passed in Northport

September 1, 2011

According to an Aug. 24 report from The Tuscaloosa News, Northport joined the city of Tuscaloosa in Sunday alcohol sales after voters approved the measure

First Priority Greater Birmingham marks 20 years

August 25, 2011

We’ve watched [First Priority] grow from a dream inside of us … to a plan that was launched … to a very reproducible strategy that

Blume challenges teen girls to consider missions heritage

August 25, 2011

More than 160 Alabamians were among the nearly 2,350 girls in grades 7–12 and their leaders, along with some collegiate young women, who gathered for

SBTC gives $1M in reserve funds to Lottie Moon

August 25, 2011

GRAPEVINE, Texas — The Southern Baptists of Texas Convention’s (SBTC) Executive Board has granted $1 million from reserve funds to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering

Rankin to lead center for Muslim studies at S.C. school

August 25, 2011

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Jerry Rankin, retired president of the International Mission Board (IMB) of the Southern Baptist Convention, has agreed to direct the Zwemer Center

Chinese baby corpses reportedly cannibalized for ‘stamina’ pills

August 25, 2011

Chinese pharmaceutical companies are grinding up dead babies into stamina-enhancing pills, according to a South Korean television network. A documentary team from SBS TV, formerly