Firefighters take a break as dozens of large wildfires burn across the western U.S.
The biggest, the Bootleg Fire in the Fremont-Winema National Forest northeast of Klamath Falls, Oregon, along the Oregon and California border, had burned nearly 400,000 acres as of July 22.
Southern Baptists are responding. Baptist Church on Homedale in Klamath Falls is reaching out to those in need by providing two meals daily to those displaced by the fire.
The community of Pennington lost the Ebenezer Baptist Church building to a fire overnight. “It’s a total loss,” said Jerry Snowden, who is chair of the church’s deacons.
When I was a young boy my father owned and operated a small neighborhood hardware store.
Lifeline Children’s Services, a Christian adoption agency, held its 2026 Indian family reunion at North Shelby Baptist Church in Birmingham on July 25 for families to immerse themselves in their adopted child or children’s culture.
Norman Medders recently retired as senior pastor of Son Rise Baptist Church, Odenville, and was named pastor emeritus.
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