Faith Archive

With temperatures dipping into the lower 50s, Tom Turman is preparing the cold weather shelter at Ferris Hill Baptist Church.

“I monitor a couple of sites – weather.com and weather.gov – to keep track of conditions. If the forecast is below 40, or even if it’s below 50 or so but windy and rainy, we’ll open the shelter,” Turman told the Press Gazette earlier this month. “We’re usually open 35-40 nights in a normal year.”

The Rev. David Lewis, pastor at Woodbine Baptist Church in Pace, and his wife Susie were with a tour group in eastern Israel when Hamas militants began firing rockets into the central and southern parts of the country.

“Our first inkling that something was going wrong was when we were about to stop for lunch in Jericho, which is under Muslim control,” Lewis told the Press Gazette last week. “Our guide leaned forward to the driver and told him to keep going straight.”

The Bible commands believers to pray without ceasing, and that’s exactly what First Baptist Church of Navarre (FBCN) did October 11 in their sanctuary.

Vatican City – Pope Francis on Wednesday is opening a global gathering of bishops and laypeople to discuss the future of the Catholic Church, including some hot-button issues that have previously been considered off-limits for discussion.

Stephen Williams, the new music director at New Life Baptist Church in Milton, comes from an accomplished musical family, but he said leading worship music “isn’t a ‘gig,’ it’s a ministry.”

St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church will host its second annual Oktoberfest celebration between 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30. It is inviting area residents to join church members for the more than 210-year-old Bavarian tradition featuring uniquely German food, beverages and music.

According to Pastor Jason Allen of Woodlawn Baptist Church in Crestview – well, according to his wife, Heather, a Christian counselor working toward a doctoral degree – what is the need that people with disabilities most want to have met?

About half of the world’s $200 billion video-gaming market is in the United States, with that share expected to grow 10 percent annually through 2030, according to industry experts. Some game publishers are turning their focus to Bible-based games to offer Christian families an option.

Legendary basketball coach John Wooden said, “A good coach can change a game. A great coach can change a life.”

Coaches Outreach is a Dallas-based Christian ministry helping coaches change lives. It exists “to impact communities through the Christ-like leadership of coaches transformed by Biblical truth,” according to its website www.coachesoutreach.org.

Christmas may be five months away but for Gabriel Bostwick, 12, and his family Santa Claus came to town early.

On July 21, a crowd of over 200 people lined the street outside the Bostwick’s home to give them some Christmas cheer. For the past two years,