2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (424+ words) When the four young first responders from Warrior, Alabama, a northern suburb of Birmingham, pulled into New York City the night of Sept. 12, 2001, they were surprised to find themselves digging in the rubble within minutes of arrival. Joining countless others…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (198+ words) thealabamabaptist.org Longtime minister at First Baptist Church Pell City retires Tim Gold, minister of education and administration of First Baptist Church Pell City for more than 18 years, retired Aug. 31. The church held a come-and-go reception between the morning services…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (143+ words) The Alabama Baptist Pleasant Grove Baptist in Salem celebrates sesquicentennial anniversary Chris Kynard, who had been serving as pastor of Linden Baptist Church, has accepted the pastorate of a church in London, Kentucky. Pleasant View Missionary Baptist Church, Holly Pond,…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (433+ words) IgniteAmerica and its founder and president Barry Meguiar are spreading the word for students to be bold and share their faith with others as they settle into this new school year. Meguiar said his organization strives to ignite Christians across…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (105+ words) ‘Someone is bound to get saved’: Burning Man reminder of hope amid chaos “The Bible is a book, but it is not just a book. It is the revealed truth of God, the self-revelation of the Creator of the universe…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (454+ words) Jeannie Guffey knew her time was short. Diagnosed with lung cancer last summer, she was now confined to a bed in Huntsville Hospital’s Medical Intensive Care Unit. Soon, she would be sent home under the care of hospice. Guffey had…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (163+ words) Alabama’s new statewide notification system for floods and natural disasters is live, Gov. Kay Ivey announced on Tuesday (Aug. 25). Launching the system was a priority for Ivey after a flood at a Texas summer camp killed 27 people in 2025, including 8-year-old…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (91+ words) Blackwell installed as 11th president of Lifeway Christian Resources Alabama’s 11th-grade ACT proficiency rates reversed several years of decline this spring, reaching their highest levels in recent years. Shannon Ford helped coordinate a partnership between Alabama Baptists and Ukrainian Baptists in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (316+ words) At the F.A.I.T.H. Rider’s ministry tent during the 86th annual Sturgis motorcycle rally last week, “I met a quiet man with tattoos all over his arms wearing a T-shirt with cutoff sleeves who said he wanted to hear my testimony and enter…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (380+ words) Cookie Baker says she always prays for divine appointments when she goes out on an Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief trip. And in Indiana, she’s seeing those divine appointments, even though her team has only been there two days. “Yesterday (Aug....