Foster mother touches lives of 20-plus hurting children
EDITORS’ NOTE: The names of all foster children in this story have been changed to protect their identities. FORESTDALE, Ala. (BP)–Timothy loves to show off his bunk bed, where he has now “graduated” to the top bunk, leaving the bottom bunk open for his electronic race car track. After playing cars for a few minutes, […]
School kids eagerly await retired plumber’s visits
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP)–If Mr. Faris doesn’t make his 1:30 p.m. weekly appointment on time, he has 30 important clients who are not very happy. Harold Faris, a retired plumber and lay minister at Hilldale Baptist Church, Birmingham, Ala., eases his clients this week and looks over an important document. He begins reading. “Waldo was barking […]
She was a foreign missionary 28 years without leaving U.S.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (BP)–Wyoma Jackson had always dreamed of being a foreign missionary. But God had other plans. Stepping down after 28 years as director of the Friendship International literacy program at Calvary Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Jackson realizes why God never wanted her overseas. “He sent them all to me!” she said. Jackson, 70, […]
Judge’s Ten Commandments case headed to Ala. Supreme Court
GADSDEN, Ala. (BP)--With a reprieve from the Alabama Supreme Court, County Circuit Judge Roy S. Moore does not have to worry about violating a February court order to take down the Ten Commandments -- yet.
Churches urged to counter stigma of mental illness
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (BP)--As soon as Virginia walks through the door of the old building renovated for a special church group, she is greeting everyone in the room.
HMB staffer to lead church Martin Luther King served
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP)--Michael Fox Thurman isn't intimidated by Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy at Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala., but the congregation's new pastor is well aware of the awesome responsibility ahead of him.
