The sadness in Sammy Gilbreath’s voice was unmistakable. Standing before participants at the recent Alabama Baptist State Evangelism Conference, Gilbreath shared that baptisms for Alabama Baptists were down again for 2014. The exact number according to the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions (SBOM) is 17,434, down from the 2013 total of 17,791. This is the fifth straight year of…
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