Stories tagged with: birmingham

• 20,000 homes: Crossover's goal for SBC June outreach

  by Tobin Perry, posted Wednesday, March 13, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

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  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) -- As Southern Baptists from across the country make plans for the SBC annual meeting in June, they're also preparing to engage more than 20,000 homes with the Gospel through Crossover activities.

  The North American Mission Board and Alabama State Board of Missions will mobilize 400 teams of volunteers to knock on 20,000 doors in the metro Birmingham area on Saturday, June 8, the weekend before the SBC annual meeting. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: See 'Woodlawn,' make a difference

  by Richard Land, posted Friday, November 06, 2015 (8 years ago)

  Richard Land is ready to see "Woodlawn" a third time. The movie "powerfully illustrates the reconciling and transforming power of the Gospel in people's lives and in a broken society," he writes. Read More

• King's vision embraced by Ala. church

  by David Roach, posted Friday, January 16, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

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  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) -- An Alabama church whose pastor was criticized 52 years ago by Martin Luther King Jr. for contributing to the "silent -- and often vocal -- sanction" of racial segregation says today it has come to embrace the civil rights pioneer's vision for Christian fellowship among people of all races. Read More