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God weaves 3 Alaska churches’ stories together through fire, a church closure and a church plant

November 18, 2025

Trenton Cooper said there wasn’t a very big Southern Baptist presence in his area in 2018. And if a fire had had its way, that presence would’ve gotten even smaller.

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Messengers approve budget, vote to extend Alaska partnership

November 14, 2025

Alabama Baptists voted to extend their partnership with Alaska Baptists “indefinitely with periodic reviews assessing the effectiveness of the collaboration.”

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Louisiana pastor headed to Alaska as next executive director

October 23, 2025

“Rickie’s thoughts about the challenges of cooperative ministry in the 21st century, and particularly in Alaska, were insightful. … He will guide us as we work to take the gospel of Jesus to every Alaskan.” —Bruce Rowell, president of the Alaska Baptist Resource Network

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Alaska’s Covington rescinds resignation, affirmed to continue

May 9, 2025

Randy Covington will continue as exec dir of Alaska Baptists until his originally planned retirement date of Sept. 30, 2025 — despite what was announced in March following a disagreement over the extent of autonomy a church should have.

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Alaska exec steps down after home church deemed no longer in friendly cooperation with SBC

March 6, 2025

Randy Covington has resigned as executive director and treasurer of the Alaska Baptist Resource Network after apologizing for comments made regarding the SBC’s decision to deem his home church not in friendly cooperation with Convention.

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‘I had great peace’: Pastor survives life-threatening ordeal during trek up Denali

October 15, 2024

One Georgia Baptist pastor recently dared to scale the challenging and dangerous summit. Andrew Mineev, pastor of Living Stone Russian Baptist Church in North Atlanta, is a mountain climber with an impressive resume …

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Alaska Baptist exec Randy Covington announces retirement plans

October 1, 2024

Randy Covington, executive director-treasurer of the Alaska Baptist Resource Network, has announced his plans to retire from that role in September of 2025.

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‘Fruitful experience’: Alabama D-Life training goes to Alaska

August 1, 2024

A group from Alabama recently went to Alaska to host disciple-making bootcamps based on the materials found in D-Life, a practical disciple-making program created by pastor Bill Wilks.

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As baptisms and giving increase, Southern Baptists continue slide in members

May 9, 2023

For the second straight year, baptisms and giving increased among Southern Baptist congregations. In-person worship service and small group attendance also rebounded, but total membership

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Alaska church finds new life through ‘beautiful process’

March 8, 2023

The Week of Prayer for North American Missions is March 5–12, 2023. For more information,  click here. Winter in Anchorage, Alaska, is cold. The average

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