Staying in Shape
A few weeks ago, my toddler son and I decided to go for a walk in our neighborhood which happens to have a lot of hills. It wasn’t long until […]
Begging
I served in South Asia. I saw a lot. But something I’ll never forget is this: “Woman.” She said. Eyes desperate. Skinny girl. Tattered dress and matted hair. “Woman.” Said […]
Ministry On The Continuum Of Love
(Portion of Article in quotation marks is an Excerpt from “From Dad, With Love: Letters to My Children About Life and Faith” Unpublished Work by Bill R. Morrison (c) 2022. […]
Fleeing temptation crucial to faithful Christian life, student ministers advise
No believer is immune from temptation, but students face an especially challenging culture. To successfully resist temptation, believers must commit to obedience and set strong boundaries, leaders say. “Believers in […]
Prepare For Ministry By Living Within Your Means, Campus Minister Advises
Students who believe God may be calling them to ministry should be especially mindful of establishing healthy financial habits, campus minister Bill Morrison advises, since modeling behavior after biblical admonitions […]
Breaking Bread and Fences
“I just didn’t understand it. They had nothing to gain by loving us. But they loved us” (Hayes 78). I recently read the book Glad You’re Here: Two Unlikely Friends Breaking […]
HBCU’s on Mission
A very small percentage of Southern Baptist missionaries are African American. In 2020, the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board (IMB), one of the world’s largest missionary sending agencies, reported […]
Edfeldt named new SBOM director of collegiate and student ministries
Georgia native Ben Edfeldt is the new director of collegiate and student ministries for the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions. He was elected by trustees of the State Board […]
Steve Thompson to retire after 36 years in Baptist campus ministry
Steve Thompson said it wasn’t his plan to go into college ministry — it was a fluke. As a student at Mobile College (now the University of Mobile), he did summer […]
Nuss to retire after leading Alabama Baptist collegiate ministries for two decades
Mike Nuss doesn’t remember the name of the school where he did his six weeks of student teaching. But he does remember this — the very real feeling that it […]