Some of state’s oldest GAs come together for Baldwin meeting

May 28, 2009

Daisy Vines remembers the shiny material and the way the banner draped from shoulder to hip. She remembers the hard work it took to earn

S.C. school gets $8 million for ministry grad studies

May 28, 2009

ANDERSON, S.C. — Anderson University has received an $8 million gift to support graduate study for ministers, and its new graduate school will be named

IMB resumes travel to Mexico as swine flu fears fade

May 28, 2009

RICHMOND, Va. — The International Mission Board (IMB) has lifted restrictions on nonemergency travel to and from Mexico by its personnel. The decision, announced May

Baptist Men, RA numbers jump 6 percent in 2008

May 28, 2009

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Although total church membership, Sunday School attendance and the number of baptisms in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) declined in 2008 from

What’s the latest? A glance at bingo gambling in Alabama

May 28, 2009

EDITOR’S NOTE — As a way to consistently monitor electronic bingo gambling issues across the state, The Alabama Baptist will provide updates such as these

Couple’s job corps ministry reaches mothers, children

May 28, 2009

Maybe there are cries of desperation, internal and inaudible. Maybe there is shame over actions, inactions or wrong decisions far too painful to discuss. Whatever

Marijuana reaches new potency, data shows

May 28, 2009

Marijuana continues to become more potent and to cause mental impairment and traffic fatalities, according to a report released by the federal Office of National