Along with his role as executive director of missions for Mobile Baptist Association, Blackwell will join the University of Mobile faculty, launching what UM President Charles Smith calls an “innovative partnership.”
Kevin Ezell, president of the North American Mission Board, predicted that by 2030, one-third of the existing Southern Baptist churches will have been started since 2010.
At Alabama WMU’s Renew event Feb. 22, about 500 women gathered to hear speaker Heather Johnson, shopped at a WorldCrafts store, took a photo in a giant cake to celebrate the CP’s 100th birthday and left encouraged to be on mission.