Jan 17, 2023
Billory Baptist says goodbye to Korean church it hosted
For many Christian church congregations, they set out to go on mission trips across the world to make a difference in people’s lives and promote the message of Christ.
Not too many think about a church body coming to their town and changing their lives, but that is what happened at Billory Baptist Church in Holley.
Jan 10, 2023
Faithful fasting: local churches hold fasts during January
Every January, people make new year’s resolutions. For some, it’s exercising more. For others, it’s focusing on their mental health.
And for members of local churches, like East Bay Church and Momentum Church, it’s about getting reacquainted in their relationship with Jesus Christ.
Jan 2, 2023
Bishop Wack, Diocese look to new year
Even after five years as Bishop with the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Bishop William “Bill” Wack said he is just getting started.
Over the past few years, Wack (pronounced wok) and the Diocese have had to deal with several issues which have taken away the church’s ability to map out the future.
Dec 21, 2022
New Light shines: Ministry seeks to put Jesus back in Judaism
Growing up, Dylan White wasn’t very religious. When White was 15 years old, he decided to search for religion.
That journey led him to Messianic Judaism, a sect which incorporates Jesus (or Yeshua) as Messiah into the more traditional aspects of Jewish life. Now he is starting his own Messianic Jewish ministry, New Light Community, in Navarre.
That journey led him to Messianic Judaism, a sect which incorporates Jesus (or Yeshua) as Messiah into the more traditional aspects of Jewish life. Now he is starting his own Messianic Jewish ministry, New Light Community, in Navarre.
Dec 15, 2022
First Baptist Navarre celebrates ‘Christmas Around The World’
First Baptist Church of Navarre celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ at its Christmas Around the World event this past weekend.
Dec 12, 2022
Community Life Church to hold Christmas food distribution
Community Life Church is celebrating the Christmas season by helping feed those in need.
On Friday, Dec. 16, starting at 10 a.m., CLC will be hosting a food distribution for anyone in the community in need.
Dec 8, 2022
Woodbine Baptist Church puts on 4th annual nativity event
With Christmas time comes the nativity scenes. But not all nativity scenes are created equal.
At Woodbine Baptist Church, they have been putting on a nativity scene for the past four years that seeks to bring people closer to the story of Jesus’s birth through a one of a kind experience.
Dec 6, 2022
Destiny Worship Center set to build Navarre campus
A Navarre campus for Destiny Worship Center will soon become a reality. On Nov. 23, site plans for property east of Ortega St. and north of Highway 98 was approved by Santa Rosa County.
Nov 29, 2022
Schism: Local churches leave United Methodist Church
Across the nation, Methodist churches are having tough conversations. These conversations surround the church’s stance on homosexuality, as well as how the rules of the church are followed.
Many of these conversations have led to disaffiliations with the United Methodist Church, which acts as the governing body of over 30,000 congregations.
Nov 21, 2022
Thanking God: What Thanksgiving means to the faithful
The story of Thanksgiving is one many people know. The Pilgrims coming to the new world and falling on hard times, only to be helped by the Wampanoag, a Native American tribe. That original meal, which the two peoples enjoyed in 1621, lives on to this day as holiday millions share in the United States.