The Alabama Baptist newspaper

01/10/2026

Latest headlines...

To read a quick recap of some of the latest news reports and other articles from The Baptist Paper this week, see below.

01/09/2026

Nigeria, Rwanda, China, Mozambique and Mexico were the most dangerous countries for Christians from 2023-2025 in five distinct categories of persecution, Global Christian Relief (GCR) said in its second annual Red List.

01/09/2026

A Louisiana Baptist church has sounded a warning after scammers recently impersonated their pastor.

01/09/2026

After months of training with my adult kids, I was ready for the Birmingham Half Marathon.
Then came a routine health checkup ...

After months of training with my adult kids, I was ready for the Birmingham Half Marathon. Then came a routine health checkup ...

01/09/2026

News outlets run reports almost weekly of pastors getting arrested for various crimes — but an arrest doesn’t mean that person has been found guilty. Just recently, a jury found an Arkansas pastor who had been arrested on charges of possessing child s*xual abuse material not guilty.

01/08/2026

"The most important blessing you will receive today has already happened: You woke up this morning."

The most important blessing you will receive today has already happened: You woke up this morning.

01/08/2026

Continue to pray for missionaries and local believers serving in difficult places.

Yacouba couldn’t stop the tears from flowing. He heard there had been an attack on his brother-in-law’s village by a terrorist group. They hadn’t been able to get in touch with him, so he and his wife went to the village to search for him.

01/07/2026

The Jan. 3 violence, according to Nigerian officials, may be linked to militants fleeing U.S. airstrikes launched Christmas Eve against Islamic terrorist targets in northwest Nigeria.

Militants have killed at least 58 individuals in Christian villages in northeastern and northcentral Nigeria since Christmas and kidnapped others from a Catholic boarding school, according to numerous reports.

01/07/2026

Philip Yancey, evangelical author and speaker, will retire from public ministry after admitting to a long-term affair.

Philip Yancey, a beloved evangelical author and speaker, will retire from public ministry after admitting to a long-term affair.

01/07/2026

Less than 10% of all congregations are soaring with faith and are on a God-empowered spiritual strategic journey to live into their full Kingdom potential. Another 10% may be strong but not soaring.

Is your congregation one of these? Are you sure?

Less than 10% of all congregations are soaring with faith and are on a God-empowered spiritual strategic journey to live into their full Kingdom potential.

01/06/2026

How churches can respond as landscape of abortion in US continues to shift dramatically.

Since the historic overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, the landscape of abortion in America has shifted dramatically.

01/06/2026

In the last three years, teams made up of IMB missionaries or missionary explorers, translators and local believers have found 337 unengaged people groups and engaged 121 with the gospel for the very first time. But, how does this actually impact the unengaged list?

In the last three years, teams made up of IMB missionaries or missionary explorers, translators and local believers have found 337 of these people groups and engaged 121 with the gospel for the very first time. Wait. So, how does this work?