The Alabama Baptist

The Alabama Baptist is a weekly publication that is published by the Alabama Baptist Convention, boasting a circulation of 200,000 copies.

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Alabama Legislature see bills on app store age verification, educational matters | The Alabama Baptist

1 week ago | thealabamabaptist.org | Daniel Gilliland

A new law could reshape how Alabama students think about high school and college - and potentially fast-track some to a college degree at no cost.
His Place and Hosanna Home offers 'bigger purpose' for those overcoming addictions

1 week ago | thealabamabaptist.org | Grace Thornton

Dakota Smith’s story starts in a way that many people in Alabama might find familiar. His grandfather was a Southern Baptist pastor. He grew up in church. And at age 8, he made a decision at Vacation Bible School to follow Jesus. “I had a pretty sheltered home life,” Smith said. But in college, that shelter began to fall apart. As he started his junior year headed toward med school one day, his parents began having serious marital problems. “I got really depressed,” Smith said.
'Confronting secular culture' at 7th annual School of the Prophets

1 week ago | thealabamabaptist.org | Michael Brooks

Chuck Lawless said when he began serving as a pastor 44 years ago, he felt overwhelmed by the task. “I didn’t know how to preach, or how to manage a deacons’ meeting, nor did I know anything about Roberts or rules or order!” he quipped. “But I prayed, ‘Lord, just help me.’“Now I tell other ministers to trust the Lord for His power and do the work.”RELATED: Read more articles by Chuck Lawless on ministry and culture.
'God at Work' study brings Cooperative Program to life for children

1 week ago | thealabamabaptist.org | Grace Thornton

Years ago, Belinda Stroud began to have a burden. “I kept thinking about how the next generation doesn’t understand the Cooperative Program,” said Stroud, a children’s ministry specialist for the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions. “I just wanted to educate them, and I felt like by educating children we could also educate their parents.”The result was God at Work, a four-week study for kids that brings the CP to life.
Cooking teams offer 'great way' for many to serve at FBC Semmes

1 week ago | thealabamabaptist.org | Grace Thornton

If your church is in a spot where preparing a weekly dinner feels like too big a task, First Baptist Church Semmes has an idea they’d recommend. “We have four cooking teams — one for each week,” said church member Sandra Hillman. “My team is the first Wednesday of every month.”Each team has four to six members, and on months with a fifth Wednesday, the men of the church cook. Don’t miss out on our award-winning coverage.
'You’re bringing the church to us': Lord of Glory Baptist ministers through free clothes shop

1 week ago | thealabamabaptist.org | Grace Thornton

A couple of years ago, Wilson Ramsey got a trailer to move his son’s furniture from Mississippi to Illinois. And when he got back home, he was trying to figure out what to do with it. “Someone suggested, ‘Why don’t you use that trailer to move people and make some money?’ And I said, ‘No, I don’t want to do that; I don’t think that’s what God wants me to do,’” Ramsey said.
Biblical guidelines for building strong families

3 weeks ago | thealabamabaptist.org | Carolyn Tomlin

Are you aware that a recent study indicates that 70% to 80% of Americans consider their families to be dysfunctional? However, it has been proven that family connections are fundamental to our emotional and psychological well-being. In other words, we need each other. Several years ago, I invited a dear Christian woman and friend to my home for her 90th birthday celebration.
Bible Reading Marathons planned throughout Alabama on May 1

3 weeks ago | thealabamabaptist.org | Grace Thornton

Alabamians will gather again soon to read through the Bible in conjunction with the National Day of Prayer on May 1. Find information here for your nearest Bible Reading Marathon:Birmingham — May 1, 7 a.m., to May 4, 6 p.m., at First Methodist Church in Trussville. Sign up at tabonline.org/Birmingham-reader. Montgomery — May 1 (read from any location) and May 2-3 (read from the front of the State Capitol Building). Sign up at tabonline.org/Montgomery-reader.
God honors ‘hard work’ of groups ministry, says Lifeway Sunday School director

3 weeks ago | thealabamabaptist.org | Michael Brooks

The traditional Sunday School is “Step 2” after worship in the tools that growing Southern Baptist churches use for evangelism and discipleship, said Ken Braddy, director of Sunday School and network partnerships for Lifeway Christian Resources. “Our survey defined ‘growing’ as 5% growth for three years, and almost 88% of those in this category we surveyed stated that Sunday School ranks second only to worship in this process,” noted Braddy.
Wise leaders must slow down, listen to God and others, Champion says

4 weeks ago | thealabamabaptist.org | Michael Brooks

Speaking at the first Intentional Leadership Series event of 2025, Buddy Champion told participants that each of the three churches he served in Alabama was “true to the calling of God in his life,” despite one being rural, another downtown and another suburban. “Every church has its own personality and culture, and wise leaders respond to this culture in appropriate ways,” Champion, pastor of First Baptist Church Trussville, said.