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CHALKVILLE, Ala. (BP) – Longtime Alabama Baptist pastor Ken Daniel was arrested Oct. 19 and charged with “facilitating solicitation of unlawful sexual conduct with a child.” He will remain in the Blount County Jail until his early November hearing date. Daniel had been the pastor of First Baptist Church of…
NASHVILLE (BP) – Baptist Press has compiled a list of public statements from Southern Baptist leaders regarding the findings of an investigation by Guidepost Solutions into the SBC Executive Committee’s
Former Alabama Baptist Convention presidents, Rev. Dewey Corder 80, (L) and the Rev. Harper Shannon, 89 (R). | Alabama Baptist Convention The Alabama Baptist Convention recently lost two former presidents just days apart to complications from the new coronavirus and dementia. The Rev. Harper Shannon was 89 when he passed from progressive dementia Wednesday while the Rev. Dewey Corder was 80 when he died from COVID-19 on Christmas Day. Rick Lance, state missionary and executive director of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions remembered both men in a statement Thursday. “Dewey Corder...