Southern Baptists are among many who will pray in churches, businesses and the public square today (May 7) on the 75th anniversary of the National Day of Prayer, months ahead of the nation’s semiquincentennial.
The University of Mobile will honor more than 300 graduates during commencement Saturday, May 9, on the Dr. Fred and Sue Lackey Great Commission Lawn on campus.
Recently, I was entertaining my young grandkids at our house. Out of the blue, my 10-year-old granddaughter looked up at me and, with the sincerest of expressions on her face, asked “Grampa, what is it like to be old?”
Autumn Jones, a sophomore nursing major from Fairhope, Alabama, was crowned Miss University of Mobile 2026, becoming the 61st Miss UM to represent the Baptist university since its founding in 1961.
Mark Clifton arrived in Birmingham on a stormy night to talk to pastors and other ministry leaders about the storms of life.
Check out these recent headlines, reported by The Baptist Paper.
The Alabama Public Charter School Commission approved a new Dothan charter school and a proposed Tuscaloosa County career technical school Monday (May 4), delayed two proposed Birmingham schools and rejected a separate Tuscaloosa appeal.
James W. “Jimmy” Rane, who transformed a floundering timber business into the world’s largest treated lumber company, received an honorary Doctor of Commerce from Samford University’s Brock School of Business during spring commencement.
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