State Board of Missions to help with IMB learning center renovations; search team assessing ‘thoroughbreds’
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 ILC is IMB’s campus in Rockville, Virginia, where new missionaries are trained and where missionaries return during stateside assignments. The money is coming from the […]
103 college students heading from Alabama to 22 countries, 11 states this summer
Ben Edfeldt says when you go to an International Mission Board sending celebration, you hear a striking similarity among the stories of new missionaries. “A high percentage of them will say, ‘While in college, the Lord called me to go,’” he said. “It’s stunning to hear how many of them say that’s where they felt […]
Birmingham-area churches host city’s first Serve Tour, see big impact
Chris Johnson at Lifeline Children’s Services said in the list of needs he gets from vulnerable families, beds are the number one ask. So it made a big difference when a group of more than 50 people built 25-bed kits as part of the Birmingham Serve Tour, March 20–21. During the weekend, more than 1,400 volunteers from 15 states […]
After 3 emergency calls in one week, Goldman urges safe travel training for missions teams
“We’ve been going all these years — we’ve never had a problem there.” Scotty Goldman said he’s heard those words many times from churches that are planning missions trips. But not too long ago in one of those frequently visited countries, teams dialed his number a lot. “We had some criminal activity on one of our […]
Alabama Baptists partner with Psalm 139 project to place ultrasound machine in Alaska
The Psalm 139 Project, a pro-life ministry of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), has donated an ultrasound machine to a pregnancy resource center in Anchorage, in partnership with the Alaska Baptist Resource Network and the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions. The Sept. 24 ceremony at Community Pregnancy Center was attended by Bobby Reed, […]
Myers-Mallory State Missions Offering supports variety of ministries across Alabama
When Rebekah Taylor was in the ninth grade, her dad got a new job and they moved to a new church. “It was a big transition for me,” Taylor said. “My old church was much smaller, and when I moved here, I knew maybe three families.” But then something happened that made Taylor “more open […]
One Mission Students set to deploy about 90 college students across the world
Ben Edfeldt said there’s something powerful about being in the room with a group of students “who have committed part or all of their summer to take the gospel to the nations.” Starting in late May, about 90 college students are headed to 10 states and 17 countries as part of One Mission Students, Alabama […]
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 $500,000 over the 2024 budget and was presented during the report of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions on Nov. 12. It maintains the […]
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. In a recent such meeting, I was especially blessed by the prolific and positive testimonies given by my colleagues at the State Board of Missions. […]
Christmas Backpacks – 2024 Week of Prayer for State Missions
Pat Ingram said when you hand children a backpack full of Christmas presents, it lets them know they’re loved — and it’s a great open door for the Gospel. Last year, Alabama Baptists packed 15,023 backpacks, which opened just as many doors to share hope with children and their parents. “It’s a tangible expression of […]