Messengers approve $37.5M budget, celebrate volunteers who are DifferenceMakers
Messengers to the Alabama Baptist State Convention annual meeting at Eastern Shore Baptist Church in Daphne approved a $37.5 million Cooperative Program allocation budget for 2025. The budget is up […]
Difference Makers
Each month, your state missionaries gather for a time of missional sharing about what’s happening with Great Commission ministries that are undergirded by Alabama Baptist gifts through the Cooperative Program. […]
‘No regrets’: College students serve in 17 countries, across U.S. for summer missions
Lorrie McCarver* said she knew she was interested in missions when she attended a Go Night event in Tuscaloosa last year. She went to find out more about being sent […]
Short-term trips meet long-term strategies during Olympics outreach
By Kristen Sosebee “We can’t control the results, but we can measure our faithfulness,” said Jason Harris, team leader for the International Mission Board’s Paris team, explaining their strategy for […]
‘Making a Difference’: 35 Mobile-area churches hold 48 outreach events throughout the month of March
Donna Wright said years ago someone invited her to a self-defense class at a martial arts studio, and she went — and learned more than just how to defend herself. […]
Alabama-Alaska connections have been ‘perfect picture’ of partnership vision
Scotty Goldman said every time he goes somewhere, he hears about someone who’s headed to Alaska or someone who’s just been. Goldman, who directs the office of global missions at […]
Myers-Mallory Offering provides Bible study software to Alabama pastors
Thanks to the Myers-Mallory State Missions Offering, 50 Alabama Baptist pastors received a gift of deeply discounted Bible study software during a Jan. 23 training. Rob Jackson, director of the […]
Bicentennial: Missions discipleship helps us hear about God’s work and join Him
Candace McIntosh didn’t grow up in church, but for a short stint in her teen years, she attended a small church in her area. While there, she was involved in […]
Christian Job Corps gives practical help, ‘hope in the form of Jesus’
Elaine Dickson says a lot of stories have come from her years with Christian Job Corps, a ministry of Alabama Woman’s Missionary Union, but one woman’s story in particular leaps […]
Some Summer Difference Makers
Every year, they answer God’s call to go. They are young collegiate students from across Alabama. They come from our college and university campuses. They are trained and prepared by […]
