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Shades Crest Baptist calls Ratcliff as new pastor
12+ hour, 31+ min ago (246+ words) Shades Crest Baptist Church in Hoover called Dustin Ratcliff as its new pastor May 17. Ratcliff has been serving since 2016 as a staff pastor for Iron City Church in Birmingham. In that role, he has overseen community groups, college ministry and…...
First person: Finding grandeur of God's love in rural ministry
21+ hour, 27+ min ago (578+ words) Our sanctuary may not be large, but it carries the weight of a couple generations of worship. We don't have fancy lights or a sound system that could rival a concert hall. Instead, we have something better: a place where…...
First person: Aimlessly twirling in the outfield might leave us out of some cool God moments
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (727+ words) Seven-year-old J dances to the beat of her own drum " and she proved it even more during her city baseball league's opening game in early May. I can't really blame her though. For someone as spunky as she is, it…...
Victory Missionary Baptist Church in downtown Birmingham burns
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (185+ words) A major fire destroyed Victory Missionary Baptist Church in Birmingham today (May 15). The cause is currently unknown. Birmingham Fire and Rescue responded, and one firefighter was taken to a hospital for treatment for minor injuries. This is the second time…...
Angry brothers cut off new Christian's hands
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (273+ words) Weeks after a Ugandan man professed faith in Jesus Christ, family members angry with his decision cut off his hands. The brothers of 40-year-old Kalegeya Faruku ambushed him April 17 as he arrived at their family home in Jinja, Uganda, Morning…...
Court rejects document showing girl too young to marry
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (280+ words) Christian Pakistani parents trying to prove that their abducted daughter is too young to marry saw her official birth record rejected by the country's Federal Constitutional Court. On May 6 the court questioned whether the document is accurate, even though Pakistan's…...
State Board of Missions to help with IMB learning center renovations; search team assessing 'thoroughbreds"
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (637+ words) Alabama Baptists are joining South Carolina Baptists in donating $1 million to the International Mission Board to be used for renovation of missionary housing at the International Learning Center, the IMB's campus in Rockville, Virginia, where new missionaries are trained and…...
First person: 'He restores my soul' " even in retirement
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (747+ words) I don't know about anybody else but retirement has been hard for me." I had served in church positions for more than 50 years, yet here I was. Sickness crept in, and then the circumstances of life came crashing down until…...
New Baptist campus ministers headed to UAB, UNA
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (247+ words) The Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions named new campus ministers today (May 14) who will lead Baptist Campus Ministries at two universities into the next season. Bryant Gobble will be serving as the Baptist campus minster at the University of…...
IMB trustees appoint 71 missionaries; Chitwood shares highlights from annual report
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (412+ words) International Mission Board trustees appointed 71 fully supported missionaries during their May 13-14 meeting near Richmond, Virginia. Missionaries approved for appointment will be recognized during a Sending Celebration on Tuesday, June 9, at 10: 30 a. m. EDT. The event will be livestreamed on'sbcannualmeeting. net. "The decision…...