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People | Apr. 12 2021
Revived yoga bill heads to Senate
Members of the Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee approved a yoga bill on April 7 and heads to the Senate. The bill received a 5–1 vote a week…
People | Apr. 10 2021
College students at most ‘send-able’ stage for Great Commission
By Lynn Loyd Arkansas Baptist State Convention Arkansas college and university students are strategic to the spread of the gospel through missions…
People | Apr. 9 2021
Arkansas bans gender transition procedures for minors
On Tuesday, April 6, Arkansas became the first U.S. state to prohibit doctors from providing gender transition procedures for children. The legislation,…
People | Apr. 7 2021
Sheila Smith — wife of Scott Smith, pastor of Antioch Baptist Church, Oxford — dies March 29
Sheila Smith — wife of Scott Smith, pastor of Antioch Baptist Church, Oxford — died March 29 of COVID-19 complications. She was 62. She worked…
People | Apr. 6 2021
Irena O’Neal, longtime pastor’s wife, dies at age 83
Elsie “Irena” O’Neal — wife of Ernest O’Neal, pastor emeritus of Memphis Baptist Church, Dothan — died March 30. She was 83. A Mississippi…
People | Apr. 6 2021
Christian colleges face difficulties
In the past five years, some 65 public and private nonprofit colleges have closed, merged with other schools or announced plans to close in the…
People | Apr. 3 2021
Los Angeles Lakers’ center Jones focuses on athleticism, faith in NBA
From hoop dreams in high school to playing for some of the hottest teams in the NBA, basketball has taken Damian Jones a long way. “The journey…
People | Apr. 1 2021
Judson community mourns loss of professor, artist-in-residence Billie Jean Young
Judson College is mourning the loss of Billie Jean Young, a faculty member who earlier in life was among the first African-American students…
People | Mar. 31 2021
Aaron Eutah Stone, Alabama Baptist State Board of Mission’s special worker, dies Feb 3
Aaron Eutah Stone, who served the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions as a special worker in discipleship, died Feb 3. He was 89. Stone worked…
