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Fanny Crosby wrote in a hymn a century ago, “To God be the glory, great things He hath done.” She ends the chorus with “O come to the Father, thro’

Melodic strains and soaring notes sought to remind participants of their need to ask God to “A — Accept our adoration and praise” at the Alabama Baptist State Convention annual

“Really, God? What is the deal? … I ask and I seek and I knock and nothing happens.” During the convention sermon at the close of the Nov. 17–18 annual

People may have heard rumors that Mark Foley has lost his mind, lost his health or lost his passion for Jesus. But none of those things are true, he said.

According to Ronnie Floyd, churches in Alabama have one great need — the power of God. But they also have one great struggle, he said — to remember why it’s

Messengers to the Alabama Baptist State Convention (ABSC) annual meeting Nov. 17–18 approved a 2016 Cooperative Program (CP) budget that brought state and national ministry allocations closer to parity. They

When a church ceases to meet, its dissolution process should already be detailed in the church’s articles of incorporation or bylaws, said Jim Swedenburg, director of the office of Cooperative

The Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions (SBOM) recognizes the desire of Alabama Baptist churches to reach the unchurched. The Church Revitalization ministry is a partnership between SBOM and local

For Christmas shoppers, Black Friday has become almost an annual ritual. The doors open early — not just on Black Friday but on Thanksgiving night — which is ridiculous. People

Mars Hill Primitive Baptist Church sits just off a country road in rural Cleburne County. The building, constructed in the mid-1990s to replace another destroyed by fire, is a simple