The recommendation of a descriptive name and the election of the first ever African American president top the agenda as the Southern Baptist Convention holds its 2012 annual meeting in New Orleans June 19 – 20. Messengers will decide whether to adopt the informal “Great Commission Baptists,” moniker to erase […]
Daily Archives: April 28, 2012
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For the first time, messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting this year can stay up to date with an SBC Annual Meeting smartphone app, which will include more than a dozen features, including maps, alerts, the Book of Reports and the Daily Bulletin. The free app is available […]
The National Weather Service estimated more than 60 tornadoes touched down in Alabama April 27, 2011, a day remembered as “tragically historic.” In a special edition, The Alabama Baptist newspaper recounted the death and destruction wrought by the storms in each community.
In a column marking the first anniversary of the tornadoes that devastated much of Alabama, Rick Lance of the Alabama State Board of Missions leads readers in remembering the tragic day.
The small congregation of Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in Centre, Ala., has faced two life-changing challenges in the past year. First its church building was largely destroyed by a tornado April 27, 2011. Then its pastor, Steve Tierce, was in a July 3 car accident that broke his neck and […]
The Alabama Baptist, the state’s weekly Baptist newspaper with an estimated 225,000 readers, distributed a 56-page commemorative issue of the anniversary of the April 2011 tornadoes to churches and associations throughout the state. Titled “We Are The Body: A story of rescue, recovery and rebuild,” copies of the special issue […]
Southern Baptist pastors will focus on changing their communities and the world June 17-18 in conjunction with the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting in June in New Orleans. “Our prayer,” Pastors’ Conference president Grant Ethridge said, “is that pastors of all ages will leave with a burning desire to see […]