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.

El Bethel Baptist calls new pastor

February 26, 2026

Don Chancellor is the new pastor of El Bethel Baptist Church, Chancellor.

Elizabeth Smart shares story of abuse at Blanket Fort Hope gala

February 26, 2026

It’s something no one thinks will happen to them — being taken from a middle-class home to an outdoor camp to be sexually assaulted daily for months.

Blind Christian denied bail in blasphemy case

February 25, 2026

A blind Christian falsely accused of blasphemy has been denied bail in Pakistan, despite inconsistencies in the case presented against him, his attorney said.