Cherokee Baptist Association DOM retiring after more than 21 years

February 26, 2026

Wendell Dutton is retiring as director of missions for Cherokee Baptist Association effective March 31.

Elam Baptist hosting jubilee singing March 14

February 26, 2026

Elam Baptist Church, Thomasville, will host a jubilee singing March 14 at 5 p.m. featuring Glory Road and others.

Flat Rock Baptist in Dawson calls new pastor

February 26, 2026

Adam Ward is the new pastor of Flat Rock Baptist Church, Dawson.

CrossPoint Church celebrates pastor’s 30 years of leadership

February 26, 2026

CrossPoint Church, Trussville, recently celebrated Ryan Whitley’s 30 years of leadership as pastor of and visionary for the church.

School prayer proposal for Alabama fails in House committee

February 26, 2026

A proposed constitutional amendment requiring local school boards to vote on allowing voluntary prayer in public schools failed to advance Wednesday (Feb. 25) after a pointed debate in the House Education Policy Committee.

Baptist outreach efforts ‘just getting started’ on follow up after Olympics

February 26, 2026

The Winter Olympics have come to a close, but Southern Baptist missionaries are just getting started!

Man, wife, teen daughter brutally slain for faith, ‘casting’ sickness on alleged killer’s daughter

February 26, 2026

A husband, wife and one of their four children were brutally slain in India because of their Christian faith, which one alleged assailant apparently believed had caused his own daughter’s illness.