Friendship Baptist Association

09/20/2026

In a lot of ways, Shannon Maddox’s call to missions and ministry was built by Alabama WMU. “I grew up in Parkway Baptist in Auburn, and I did Girls in Action there as a young girl, Mission Friends before that,” she said.

She also went to Missions Adventure Camp and later served as a cabin leader.
“I was really enthralled with the stories of missionaries being willing to go and immerse themselves in a different culture for the sake of the Gospel,” Shannon said.
That led to her serving as a summer missionary, then as a campus minister. She said she “can’t count how many countries” she led teams of students to serve in during that time.

“It all was part of my journey to follow God’s calling to serve and mobilize young people to missions,” she said.

Now Shannon is continuing that call by serving the women of Alabama. Shannon has helped develop a strategy that will assist in equipping and connecting women’s leaders across the state.

“Good ministry is already happening in churches around the state, and we want to undergird that with support and say, ‘Hey, you’re not alone in this,’”she said.

Today, let's:
- pray for Shannon as she talks with leaders of women's ministry around the state to find better ways to resource them
- pray for Alabama WMU leadership as they prepare to expand their ministry to Alabama Baptist Women, which includes Alabama WMU, Women's Ministry, Girls' Ministry and Ministry Wives

Learn more about Myers-Mallory online at myers-mallory.org

09/19/2026

Janice Mason had just lost her husband of 21 years when Hurricane Sally rolled into the Alabama Gulf Coast in 2020. She and her daughter sat up through the night listening to the wind batter the house.

“I’m thinking the roof is fixing to come off any second,” she said. “I was wondering if I was going to live through the night.”

But she did, and the next day, an Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief volunteer found her standing in the yard still processing the storm.

“It was her talking to me and praying with me that got me through it and got me moving again,” Janice said.

She looked at the volunteer’s ABDR shirt and said, “I’m going to do that too.”
Fast forward to 2026, and Janice bumped into someone who looked familiar — the same volunteer she had met in the yard that day when she couldn’t wrap her head around what she had lived through.

This time, both were deployed to help those affected by Winter Storm Fern in the Mississippi Delta.

“It’s all God,” Janice said. “It’s all about what you’re doing for others. They see it, we feel it, and God blesses it.”

Today, let's:
- pray for Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers to have wisdom and endurance as they go out to serve those surrounded by tragedy and devastation
- pray for God to raise up more people to serve as volunteers
- pray for God to comfort those affected by storms and use ABDR volunteers to share the hope He offers

Learn more about Myers-Mallory at myers-mallory.org

09/18/2026

Southside Baptist Church in Monroeville wasn’t sure how much longer it could keep going.

“They knew they were headed in the wrong direction and needed to change,” said Steve Dunn, associational missionary for Bethlehem Baptist Association.

Turning to the State Board of Missions for help, Dunn and State Missionary Rob Jackson began walking alongside the church
to start a new vision. Then they hit an unexpected obstacle, and things got more difficult. A key leader in the church passed away.

“That took the wind out of their sails,” Steve said.

But leaning on the Lord and the support of partners, the church started to walk forward again. At that point, their pastor realized it was time to retire. Steve continued to walk alongside the church as their coach and connected them with a new pastor, Stephen Smith, whom he had been mentoring.

In Stephen’s first year, Steve connected Southside to an evangelism strategy from the State Board, and they went from 25 to 50 in attendance and began renovating their building.

“I think a lot of churches get discouraged, and I think they need to realize that perspective can change—just start,”he said. “The support and partnership are key.”

Today, let's:
- pray for the SBOM's church revitalization team as they help churches find and follow a new vision for the future
- pray for Southside to continue to grow and be a light in its community
- pray for more churches to see the need for a revitalization journey

Learn more about Myers-Mallory at myers-mallory.org

09/17/2026

09/17/2026

09/17/2026

Brian Williams says there’s not much going on in rural Alaska in the summers to engage kids with the Gospel. That’s why Brian — a pastor in the Copper Center area — had a vision for starting a baseball camp ministry.

There was just one missing piece — all the equipment.

But Scotty Goldman, director of the State Board’s Office of Global Missions, said God already had a plan for that. Around the same time, someone from a city league athletics group in Alabama called him and said they had a huge amount of surplus equipment — especially for baseball. He connected with Brian, and Brian said it wasn’t long before big boxes started arriving.

“God really provided,” Brian said.

Scotty says Brian’s vision for engaging rural areas is part of the next season of Alabama Baptists’ partnership with Alaska Baptists. Funds from the Myers-Mallory State Missions Offering help with that in a variety of ways, including covering the shipping costs for the baseball equipment.

Investments like this are “long lasting and have eternal impact,” Scotty said.

Today, let's:
- pray for Brian Williams and other pastors in Alaska as they seek to reach even the most remote parts of Alaska with the Gospel
- pray for the Alabama Baptist churches who are partnering with churches in Alaska to continue to strengthen those partnerships and send teams to serve there
- pray for God to provide resources for the work in Alaska to continue to expand into rural and hard-to-reach areas

Learn more about Myers-Mallory at myers-mallory.org

09/17/2026

Brian Williams says there’s not much going on in rural Alaska in the summers to engage kids with the Gospel. That’s why Brian — a pastor in the Copper Center

09/16/2026

Join us this week as we pray for State Missions efforts across Alabama!

We ask God to multiply the gifts given through the Myers-Mallory State Missions Offering to advance the gospel in our own state. May these resources strengthen church planting, disaster relief, church revitalization, Alabama WMU, partnership missions, and Great Commission work in every corner of Alabama.

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