For the first time since 1963, the State Board of Missions (SBOM) has a new address and a new place to call home. On January 15, SBOM officially opened its doors at 1404 Fairview Avenue in Prattville after a weeklong moving process to vacate the Montgomery location, which itself followed many months of cleaning out, purging and packing.

The new 39,900-square-foot facility, which sits on just under four acres, was constructed and occupied in just under one year. The building is a result of a plan between Baptist Health, who built the new facility, and SBOM, amounting to an exchange of keys and property but with no funds exchanged, leaving SBOM debt-free.

Baptist Health will take possession of the former SBOM facility, located at the corner of Narrow Lane Road and East South Boulevard in Montgomery — immediately next door to Baptist Medical Center South. (continued…)

Read the full article from The Alabama Baptist Newspaper – http://www.thealabamabaptist.org/sbom-opens-doors-at-new-prattville-location/