Gingrich addresses Univ. of Mobile’s scholarship banquet
MOBILE, Ala. (BP)--The University of Mobile will play a role in helping define the right direction of America, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich told an audience of more than 700 at the university's first annual scholarship banquet.
Pastor sees God’s provision in Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath
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| Pastor & family Pastor Mike Melon, who weathered Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath in New Orleans, pauses during a visit to the University of Mobile for a photo with his wife Jeanne and daughter Hilary. Photo courtesy of University of Mobile |
"I looked to my right and there, tied to a stop sign 10 yards away, was a flat-bottom Jon boat. I thought, 'The Lord has provided,'" the bivocational pastor of Coliseum Place Baptist Church, recounted.
Musical thrust at Univ. of Mobile yields opportunities for students
MOBILE, Ala. (BP)--Only two years ago, a big audience for a University of Mobile student concert was 300. That was before the Baptist university created the Center for Performing Arts and named as its director the founder of one of the first contemporary Christian recording groups, toward becoming a leading provider of Christian musicians for evangelical churches.
Ricky Skaggs shares music & faith at Univ. of Mobile’s 1st ‘Starlight’
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| Bluegrass & Baptists Ricky Skaggs, left, and University of Mobile President Mark Foley, flanked by UM students, lead a crowd of 3,300 in "God Bless America" during the first "StarLight" music festival at the Baptist college in Alabama. |
MOBILE, Ala. (BP)--With eight Grammy Awards to his credit, Ricky Skaggs can perform anywhere he wants.
New worship degree partners Integrity Music, Univ. of Mobile
MOBILE, Ala. (BP)--Integrity Worship Institute, a nonprofit ministry, and the University of Mobile, a Baptist university in Mobile, Ala., have joined forces to offer a bachelor's degree in worship leadership that will provide collegians with the theological and practical skills to lead congregations in contemporary worship.
NAMB website for volunteers makes missions happen in Mobile
MOBILE, Ala. (BP)--Sharon Colantonio stood in the bathroom of Avery Woods Cottage No. 7, paint roller in hand. The splatters of Dover Cliff White on her baseball cap, clothes and skin matched the freshly painted cinderblock walls in the cottage living room. As she listened to music, she prayed for the students who would live and study in this dormitory cottage when fall semester classes begin at the University of Mobile in Alabama.
Youth camp at Univ. of Mobile raises record amount for missions
MOBILE, Ala. (BP)–A motivational challenge to “get radical” reaped big rewards this summer, as 2,800 teenagers attending summer camp at the University of Mobile broke a Southern Baptist Convention record for missions offerings by M-Fuge or Centrifuge campers. The record-breaking $41,664.30 was contributed by church youth groups from 15 states during nine week-long camp sessions […]
