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Baptists and Methodists helped build Alabama, now they struggle to keep churches, members

May 15, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Greg Garrison Baptists and Methodists helped build Alabama. Both started their first Alabama churches in 1808, then became fixtures in every town of any size in the state. Looking Back: Did you attend Riverfest […]

Southern Baptist Convention church membership drops to its lowest point since the 1970s

May 15, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Greg Garrison The Southern Baptist Convention reported today that membership fell for the 17th consecutive year, falling below 13 million for the first time since the 1970s. At its height in 2006, the SBC […]

Alabama pastor invokes wife’s clergy abuse to defend Baptist sex abuse ‘distraction’ remarks

May 15, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Greg Garrison A Pelham pastor who hosted an SBC presidential candidate that called sex abuse a “distraction” doubled down on his defense of the speaker on social media and told a story about his […]

Abortion Ballot Initiative gets approval from Arkansas AG after rejections

May 15, 2024 Bouldin 0

BY CHRISTIANITY DAILY Arkansas is on the precipice of a historic vote on abortion rights, with a proposed amendment promising limited access but facing a steep climb to the ballot box. Attorney General Tim Griffin, a […]

OBITUARIES 5/15 – 5/21/2024

May 13, 2024 Bouldin 0

ROYAL FUNERAL HOME MR. ALFRED HEREFORD, SR. DECEMBER 5, 1938 – MAY 8, 2024 The memorial service for Mr. Alfred Hereford, Sr.,will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 18, 2024 at the Royal Chapel of Memories […]

“RECONCILED TO GOD”

May 13, 2024 Bouldin 0

Scriptural text: Romans 5:1-11 Lesson Context: Our text today makes an important argument about why follower of Jesus both build their lives based on trust in God’s promises yet still experience hardship. Those suffering might […]

“COUNTED AS RIGHTEOUS”

May 8, 2024 Bouldin 0

Scriptural text: Romans 4 Lesson Context: The lesson (Romans chapter 4) begins the discussion of the remedy to universal sin. Far from facing a hopeless situation, humans have a model available to them of how […]

Global Methodist speaker: More United Methodist churches will leave over LGBTQ ‘debacle’

May 8, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Greg Garrison A lay leader for the Global Methodist Church, a splinter group that broke off from United Methodists, referred to last week’s United Methodist General Conference as a “debacle” during a meeting of the […]

Alabama bills limiting LGBTQ topics in schools, sex education advance

May 8, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Rebecca Griesbach Two controversial bills that would limit LGBTQ topics and sex education in Alabama classrooms are advancing for a final vote in the state legislature. After last-minute public hearings, a Senate committee voted along […]

Southern Baptist Convention presidential candidate calls sex abuse lawsuits a ‘distraction’ in Alabama sermon

May 8, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Greg Garrison Speaking at Valleydale Church in Pelham on Sunday, Southern Baptist Convention presidential candidate David L. Allen called the 42 sex abuse lawsuits against Southern Baptist entities a distraction from the gospel. “We have […]