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,
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.
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.”
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.
