How many people can you call by name? Is it easy for you to recall a person whom you have not seen in a long...

What should the first response be to a natural disaster like the floods in Louisiana this month? For many Americans, the answer may be charitable...

Alabama Baptist State Convention President Travis Coleman, Jr., senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Prattville, and State Missionary Rick Lance, executive director of the Alabama...

Trustees of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions (SBOM) have voted unanimously to recommend a proposal for what is being called an “exchange of...

The overwhelming majority of Alabama Baptist and Southern Baptist churches receive people of all races. They recognize that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is for...

Here we go again. Apparently, the Alabama legislature will consider a proposal to call for a popular vote on a state-run lottery. Some observers believe,...

“Remember to say ‘thank you’” still rings in my ears to this very date. During my early formative years, my parents were always insistent on...

“Things don’t matter, but people do.” That was a quote often cited by martyred international missionary Dr. Martha Myers. She lived out sacrificially the fact...

“Thanks” and “welcome” are two words that have been echoing in my mind in recent days. During the last trustee board meeting for the University...

Five years may seem like a long time for most Alabama Baptists unless the date happens to coincide with April 27. Alabamians are all too...