Deena Weston said it’s amazing to see the parking lot of Cloverdale Baptist Church on Sundays these days — it’s full, even overflowing, which is different from how it was in 2016 when she joined the church.
“We’ve got a lot of success stories, and I know it’s nothing but God’s grace,” said Gary Crum, director of Ellwood Christian Academy.
New grants have helped purchase a trailer that can serve as a refrigerator and freezer for the Rolling Food Pantry, a bus designed to provide fresh food to people in Montgomery’s River Region.
Jeff Iorg, retiring president of Gateway Seminary, has been elected as the next Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee president/CEO. The vote came during a special-called trustee meeting in Dallas today (March 21).
Every Sunday night, Lisa Rose meets with a small church. They’re precious to God and precious to her, but she said there’s something else about them that’s significant, something historically important — and they don’t even realize it.
First Baptist Church Montgomery rededicated and celebrated 100 years of Stakely Sanctuary on Nov. 12.
Neal Hughes said one of the churches in his association — Pike Road Baptist — was in despair a while back. It was hard to for them see a vision for the future when, after a rich history, their congregation had declined from 300 to 15.
During its Sept. 18–19 meeting in Nashville, the SBC Executive Committee adopted a new code of conduct, addressed financial realities and other business, and heard updates on the search for the next president and CEO of the organization.
