When Alabama executed Domineque Ray, a Muslim, the warden told him only prison workers could be present at the moment of execution; since the prison employed solely Christian chaplains, they were his only option. Largely unnoticed is the state indicating it would end the practice of having a chaplain or spiritual
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama (BP) -- Alabama running back Josh Jacobs and three other Crimson Tide football players provided a pleasant surprise for a 13-year-old boy while delivering a mattress and bed to a Tuscaloosa home in partnership with Calvary Baptist Church's S.D. Allen Ministry.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) — Bob Terry, the longtime editor of both The Alabama Baptist and Word&Way, is known for his journalistic excellence, his personal integrity in the
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) -- Linda Johnson says that about a year ago when her friend Linda Jacobson asked her if she was ready to
GUNTERVILLE, Ala. (ABP) –- An Alabama Baptist Convention spokesman explained why Baptist churches aren’t joining Methodists, Episcopalians, Catholics and others in protesting the state’s anti-illegal immigration law. “I don’t have the right to speak for the Baptists, because they haven’t passed a resolution,”
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) – Faith leaders joined a coalition of civil-rights groups to file a federal lawsuit challenging Alabama’s new immigration law described by Gov. Robert Bentley as the strongest in the country.
Removing downed trees was the task at hand, but lifting people’s spirits was the goal for the Harmony-Pittsburg Baptist Association chainsaw team, one of nine Texas Baptist Men relief teams serving in northern Alabama.
Six Texas Baptist Men disaster relief teams have been deployed to serve in the wake of devastating tornados in Alabama.
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (ABP) – Amid overwhelming destruction following the second-deadliest tornado outbreak in U.S. history, Baptist Christians stepped forward to do their part to help.
University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban may not be bigger than God in Alabama, but he has more fans on Facebook.