Aug 22, 2023
Youth ministers caution parents to research video games marketed as ‘Christian’
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.
Aug 11, 2023
Former Pace AD organizing Coaches Outreach Bible study for retired coaches
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.
Jul 31, 2023
Navarre family celebrates early Christmas for child in hospice
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,
Jul 24, 2023
Santa Rosa Baptist Association serves as a ministry multiplier
Jim Waters is the “associational mission strategist” for the Santa Rosa Baptist Association.
What does he do? Whatever he can do to help the association’s 38 member churches and their pastors.
Jul 18, 2023
Walker, Stewart families guide West Florida Baptist through its first 50 years
In 1973, a Baptist Bible College graduate asked a friend and classmate from that Springfield, Mo., school to help him start a church in Milton.
“We didn’t have a job, we didn’t have an income, we didn’t have a place to live, and we didn’t have a problem,” Jerry Walker, founding pastor of what now is known as West Florida Baptist Church, told guests celebrating the 50th anniversary of the church at a special service July 8. “We had a commission to save souls, and that was all we needed.”
Jul 12, 2023
‘UNITE: Gulf Coast’ coming to Pensacola next week
Casting Crowns, Tauren Wells, for KING & COUNTRY, and Passion will join evangelist Scott Dawson on stage for UNITE: Gulf Coast beginning at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 21-22, at the Pensacola Bay Center. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
To reserve free tickets or reserve tickets and donate to the UNITE Movement, go to unitesdea.org.
Jul 3, 2023
Survey: Regular Bible study may improve happiness, performance
A recent survey by the American Bible Society concluded that Christians who are actively engaged in studying their faith’s scriptures “flourish in every domain of human experience.”
Jun 27, 2023
Carl Gallups uses law enforcement techniques to help make God’s word relevant
Carl Gallups’ energy is infectious and seemingly unending; it has helped him build a diverse ministry over almost 50 years as pastor at Hickory Hammock Baptist Church in East Milton.
Gallups has written 13 books about the Bible, ghost-written several others, and contributed to numerous compilations and publications.
Jun 12, 2023
Fellowship of Churches amplifies its members’ ministries
About 30 years ago, several Milton-area churches began worshiping together monthly.
Today, the Fellowship of Churches Santa Rosa County guides a variety of activities designed to inform, empower and serve people.
Jun 5, 2023
Jesus, and all that jazz!
Jim Waters went on his first mission trip in 1985. He was a sophomore at Milton High School, and he traveled with a group from First Baptist Church to serve the people of New Orleans.
This week, he’s leading about two dozen teens from Friendship Baptist Church on a mission to the city; he’s led more than 20 missions to “the Big Easy” over the years.