Top headlines to know this week

Welcome to The Weekly, produced by TAB Media Group, which publishes The Alabama Baptist and The Baptist Paper. Each episode features news headlines read by TAB Media Group staff and volunteers. New episodes are released weekly on Wednesday mornings. Articles featured in this episode:

Scott Bush named director of Samford’s Ministry Training Institute

SBC leader Morris Chapman dies at 84

Kevin McCreless – pastor emeritus of Broadway Baptist in Rainsville – dies at 67

Steps of faith: High school football players baptized after recent practice

First person: Look for ‘golden calf’ when winning matters more than integrity

BCM students find their mission in Big Timber, Montana

86-year-old ‘Mr. Larry’ takes 107th mission trip with IMB

Health care missionary’s unseen work

Filming underway for Mel Gibson’s ‘The Resurrection of the Christ’

Davis to UM students: ‘Live uncomfortable’

GCR Task Force audio files (part 8): Executive Committee leaders voice concerns

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Families file class-action suit to stop Ten Commandment displays

December 4, 2025

Eighteen families filed a class-action lawsuit Dec. 2 to stop the display of a prescribed version of the Ten Commandments in all classrooms of every Texas school district not already involved in related litigation or subject to an injunction.

First person: 15 ‘surprising’ goals to set for 2026

December 4, 2025

You might be already thinking about goals for the upcoming new year even though we’re a few weeks away from 2026, and I assume that some of those goals are related to your spiritual walk.

Miss Georgia urges Baptists to use influence to reach lost

December 3, 2025

“My goal in life, my calling, is to know Christ and to make Him known. Everything that I do is situated under that purpose,” said Miss Georgia 2025 Audrey Kittila, a member of First Baptist Church Alpharetta.

Student takes stand after receiving failing grade for Christian views

December 3, 2025

Samantha Fulnecky’s final grade won’t be negatively affected by her Christian views on a controversial issue. The University of Oklahoma student recently complained she was discriminated against after receiving a zero on her essay that expressed her Christian views on gender.