Southern Baptists are a big family and, each year, we have a family reunion of sorts. There is a huge amount of behind the scenes...

Since I began blogging as a ministry tool, I have felt that my subjects for readers should be about the missions and ministries of Alabama...

“John Wesley would be proud of you.” These are the words expressed by Timothy George to David Leese, pastor of the Wesley Memorial Church in...

How can an auditorium once devoted to atheistic lectures during the old Soviet Union become transformed into a place of worship? First, you must have...

Chuck Weaver comes from an independent Baptist background. In his first pastorate — Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Hale County — Chuck is serving an...

Charles Haddon Spurgeon was known by many as “the Prince of Preachers.” His books continue to be in print, and his sermons are read by...

The Great Commission is in the news in SBC life. The conversation is centered around an online document with the Great Commission in its title....

When I served as a pastor, I was sometimes criticized for emphasizing numbers, such as how many people attended the previous week’s Sunday School and...

“The church is on fire.” That was the heartbreaking news delivered to Chuck Weaver, pastor of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Hale County. The church...

Like many boys in my generation, there was a time in my early childhood when I longed to be a cowboy. The cowboys on television...