Pregnant and 17. Olive was depressed and scared. Being a teenage mom wasn’t what she envisioned for her life. But maybe being a teenage mother didn’t have to be the trajectory of her life.
New Harmony Baptist Church, Luverne, celebrated its 175th anniversary July 13.
Elbert Smith is the new pastor of Weed Baptist Church, Brantley.
Even though a pastor — who is a permanent United States resident — was released from a Chinese prison more than a year ago, the Chinese government refuses to let him return to the U.S.
We simply cannot become the Christians God desires us to be apart from the life He wants us to live within a local assembly of believers.
The leader of the rights group ChinaAid says persecution of Christians in China has intensified but that believers are persevering and that Christianity is increasing.
Every church faces the challenge of creating a compensation package for their pastor. This process can feel overwhelming. Most churches get it right. Some don’t, and it can leave the pastor and the church financially exposed.
Lawmakers approved the CHOOSE Act last year because they said parents want more choices in where their children go to school.
