News (Page 35)
As we celebrate Auburn First Baptist Church’s 175th Anniversary, we hope to make this coming year—as we look to our past and anticipate our future—a year of celebration and renewal. Since the time of First Baptist’s founding in 1838, certainly one aspect of who we are today as a congregation stems from the lives and…
East Central Alabama was the cow’s tail for Baptists in the state. Until the Second Creek War in the mid 1830s, white settlement spread from Mobile to Huntsville and from the Coosa/Tallapoosa Rivers to the Tombigbee. But the area to the east of this vast domain, from the banks of the Coosa to the Chattahoochee, remained…
On January 24th, at our quarterly Business Meeting, our church elected the Pastor Search Committee. It is an exciting time as we realize that, after months of waiting, that the search process will now begin. These twelve individuals are Pooie Cantrell, Oyette Chambliss, Alison Crosby, Lavaughn Johnson, Mike McClanahan, Chad Parish, Kelly Meeks, Andrew Smith,…
This semester our college group is using as a guide during our Tuesday Night Bible Study the Brian McLaren book, Naked Spirituality. We have had two excellent Bible studies to date, marked by spirited conversation, small group study of Bible passages, and reflection. Our group doesn’t shrink from honest, deep thinking when it comes to studying the issues of our time and…
The men’s brotherhood group of AFBC is now back in action. Brotherhood in Action (BCA) has now met twice on the second Sunday of the month and have had a great time of breakfast, fellowship, and devotions. Our first work project was completed recently and we ask for your input for future projects, members of AFBC or non-members. A brief…
Listen to Part 7 of our Thursday evening series on A History of Auburn First Baptist Church: You may also listen to Part 4, “Auburn First Baptist and the Alabama Frontier”.