A new 31-day prayer journal published by the Birmingham Metro Baptist Association invites readers to celebrate missionaries and to seek God first every day in prayer.
Mark your calendars: The Warblers Club and the Evelyn S. Hardy Men of Distinction, from Sixth Avenue Baptist Church, will perform together April 21 to support Discovery Clubs.
About a year and a half ago, Shirley Crowder said her church — Valley View Baptist in Leeds — found itself “with very few of us hanging on,” and the group remaining was skewing older. “We did not want this church to die,” Crowder said.
Whitlow worked with four WMU executive directors and served as executive director of Baptist Nursing Fellowship during her 36-year career with national WMU.
The likelihood of a church being audited is low, but churches still must be familiar with current IRS guidelines, says Lee Wright, church compensation specialist for the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions.
The symbols of Christmas remind us that Christ must be at the center of our celebration, says Jay Wolf, pastor emeritus of FBC Montgomery. Don’t get sidetracked with various duties and fail to remember the majesty of Christmas, he urges.
Discovery Clubs, an after-school program in 23 schools in the Birmingham Metro area, is all about sharing the redemptive story of Scripture with children who might have no other exposure to the gospel.