Grace Thornton/The Alabama Baptist

ABBEVILLE, Ala. — An overnight fire at First Baptist Church Abbeville consumed most of the church’s facilities, according to Pastor Ricky Sowell. Church members are gathering there this Wednesday (Dec. 4) to share memories and “trust God with what’s next,” he said. “It’s almost a total loss,” Sowell said. The worship center and Sunday School spaces burned […]

GREENVILLE, S.C. (BP) – Tony Wolfe said as he drives around his state, he sees months and months of work to do in the wake of Hurricane Helene.

Thelma Goolsby said now that she’s back in Alabama, she wants to keep the feeling she had all last week. She saw God at work in Huffman, Texas, as Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief (ABDR) teams helped clean up trees and limbs after Hurricane Beryl.

RIVERSIDE, Ala. – Riverside Baptist Church was destroyed by fire early Thursday morning (June 20) after it was struck by a car that apparently missed a sharp curve outside the church.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) – Robert Smith Jr. said his mother was protective of him when he was growing up. People would tell him that they thought he was going to be a preacher, and she didn’t want them telling him that.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) – Shu Huang said when he moved to Alabama in 1978, he heard the Gospel — and immediately rejected it.

CRAIG, Alaska (BP) – There’s a piece of land nestled next to a lake in Alaska, and Tommy Bishop said when he’s there, he thinks of somewhere else.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) – Kathryn Barnhill knows she was an answer to prayer. But not her mother’s. Her great-aunt’s.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (BP) -- Nate Brooks said his church went through a rough stretch around the time the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and now their congregational theme is “rebuild.”

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) -- When Richard found out his girlfriend, Jasmine, was pregnant, he was nervous — he’d been a husband and a dad before, and he didn’t feel like he’d done very well.