Endurance athlete says exercise, faith keeps him going physically, spiritually (+ more news)

Welcome to the audio digest of this week’s issue of The Alabama Baptist and The Baptist Paper. Each episode features news headlines and feature stories read by TAB Media Group staff and volunteers. New episodes are released weekly on Wednesday mornings. Articles of Interest:

Faithful living week by week helped music minister reach 50 years at one church (4:06)

Endurance athlete says exercise, faith keeps him going physically, spiritually (8:48)

Pastor forsakes football dreams and follows new direction of ministry call (13:13)

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