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TAB 0227 BASE-001 Digital.Indd Toll free 800-803-5201 Vol. 185, No. 9 www.thealabamabaptist.org February 27, 2020 Informing. Inspiring. Connecting. INSIDE Most Americans using artifi cial intelligence daily Photos courtesy of Chris Parker Pages 6–7 Birmingham and Above: Freedom Church, which of cially launched Jan. 26 in Phoenix, is a church plant supported by the Annie Armstrong Bessemer associa- Easter Offering. Right, top and bottom: Chris Parker (gray shirt), a church planter from Alabama who serves as pastor of Freedom Church, Phoenix, leads two people to faith during a grilling outreach ministry in a Walmart parking lot. tions partnering for gospel ministry Page 9 ‘Major impact’ Easter offering supports church planters from Alabama, makes ‘eternity look different’ By Grace Thornton helped us purchase a grill that questions about Jesus.” resources and investing in us The Alabama Baptist had been fabricated into a After talking for a little nancially.” hen Chris Park- trailer,” said Parker, a church while, they decided to give That nancial backing er looks at the planter in Phoenix sent out by their lives to Jesus right there comes from funds gener- grill his church Northport Baptist Church. in the parking lot, Parker said. ously given by Southern W owns, he thinks His congregation, called Baptists through the Annie about a couple who gave their Freedom Church, was plan- ‘Investing in us’ Armstrong Easter Offering Proposed amend- lives to Jesus over a plate of ning to use the grill around The NAMB funds that (AAEO) for North American ment would change food in the Walmart parking town as a way to meet new helped purchase that grill “had Missions. Every dollar given state school board, lot. K–12 standards people. a major impact — it made through the offering “goes to “In 2019, NAMB (North eternity look different,” he Page 11 American Mission Board) “On one particular Satur- train and resource thousands day, we were grilling on the said. “Freedom Church is very of missionaries involved in outskirts of the Walmart park- appreciative of the support church planting and compas- ing lot,” he said. “People had we have in NAMB. Without sion ministries who share the To watch the videos from this week’s been stopping to get food and them, we would not be able to life-transforming gospel of issue, visit our YouTube channel to chat. Eventually, a couple do many of the things we do. Jesus Christ across the United “TAB Media.” stopped and had more than They have helped us by being States, Canada and their terri- just questions about who we there when we have questions, tories,” according to NAMB. are and what we do. 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