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County Line Church, Enterprise, will host the 4th Annual Community Country Fest on Oct. 20, 4–6 p.m. Bluegrass music will be performed by The Jordan River Band. Cowboy Steve will demonstrate roping. For more information call 334-347-6082 or visit www.CLBConthe.net. Danny Wiggins is pastor.
Brenda Lovelady Spahn, who founded The Lovelady Center in Birmingham 20 years ago, died Dec. 18. She was 75. More than 19,600 women have come through the program she started in 2004.
Between songs at their sold-out “Drummer Boy Christmas” performance at the Grand Ole Opry on Dec. 17, Joel Smallbone, along with his brother Luke of the Christian band For King and Country, mentioned it was an evening of firsts.
Lee Allen, who served as a history professor at Samford University for 40 years, died Dec. 16. During his time at Samford, he was a prolific writer, particularly of Baptist history. He was also named Life Deacon at Mountain Brook Baptist.
For unspecified reasons, a local government in Uzbekistan is demolishing a Baptist church’s buildings.
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