US uninsured rate rose in 2017, survey shows

July 9, 2018

WASHINGTON — The uninsured rate rose by statistically significant margins in 17 states in 2017, the first time since the full implementation of the Affordable

Barbour Association churches send gospel, God’s love to nations

July 9, 2018

Christmas has come early to Barbour Baptist Association. For more than five years Barbour Association has encouraged its churches to participate in the yearly Operation

FBC Russellville missions team sheltering in place in Haiti

July 7, 2018

By Grace Thornton The Alabama Baptist A missions team from First Baptist Church, Russellville, is stuck in Haiti right now, safe but unable to leave

Samford’s new Christian ministry program announces first faculty

July 7, 2018

Samford University in Birmingham has named the first two full-time faculty members for the new Christian ministry degree program. J.D. Payne, of Birmingham, will begin

Jackson begins new chaplain role after Whitesburg retirement

July 7, 2018

Jimmy Jackson closed the final Sunday service in his role as pastor of Whitesburg Baptist Church, Huntsville, the same way he did on his first

Randolph DOM Cooke marks 60 years in ministry

July 7, 2018

When Fred Cooke was 13 he felt God calling him to preach. He fought it for a couple of years, right up until just before

Burtram marks 20 years at Pleasant View Baptist

July 7, 2018

Randy Burtram says the two decades he has spent as pastor of Pleasant View Missionary Baptist Church, Holly Pond, in Blount Baptist Association have held