SBC news nuggets to know this week

Welcome to The Weekly, produced by TAB Media Group, which publishes The Alabama Baptist and The Baptist Paper. Each episode features news headlines read by TAB Media Group staff and volunteers. New episodes are released weekly on Wednesday mornings. Jennifer Rash reports from outside the SBC Annual Meeting convention hall with some of the stories coming out of this year’s meeting in Dallas. Find out more HERE

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Stolen Civil War-era cannonballs discovered in a passenger’s suitcase at Alabama airport

July 31, 2026

It’s not something you see every day — even at an airport. A routine security screening at Alabama’s Gulf Shores International Airport led to the recovery of five stolen Civil War-era cannonballs hidden in a passenger’s checked suitcase.

Higher sense of purpose, calling believed to promote better workplace, career outcomes

July 31, 2026

Ask many young adults why they are going to college, and they’ll likely say something along the lines of “to get a job.” Ask them what kind of job — and why that’s the one they want — might give them pause.

Calvary Baptist in Prattville hosting ‘bash and splash’ Aug. 8

July 30, 2026

Calvary Baptist Church, Prattville, will host a back to school “bash and splash” Aug. 8, 9–11 a.m.

Brook Hills associate pastor of administration retires

July 30, 2026

Donnie Arrant recently retired from The Church at Brook Hills, Birmingham, after serving as associate pastor of administration for 32 years.