Faith Archive

Navarre United Methodist Church is used to hosting speakers and the occasional Christian band, but they don’t usually have rising stars in country music stop by.

On Mar. 25, the church’s sanctuary will be the stage for Jessie Ritter.

About 20 miles north of Milton there is an idyllic home where race, age, gender, and ability know no boundaries.

My Father’s Arrows is a distinctly Christian children’s home for hurting children who have been abandoned by everyone else.

Pastor Ronnie Bearden’s puppet ministry started with a soft, pastel-colored stuffed glow worm that he snatched off a crib in the church nursey on his way into preschool chapel.

It was the first day of school, the children were crying and whining, and he realized that what he had prepared wasn’t going to fly. So, he improvised, unzipping the toy’s back, ripping out the battery pack and naming him Eddie.

December may have been warmer than usual, but the first weeks of the year have been colder.

That means the Santa Rosa Cold Night Shelter at Ferris Hill Baptist Church in Milton has stayed busy.

Jay Weaver’s time on this earth came to a close Jan. 2. He was 42 years young.

He played the bass in contemporary Christian band Big Daddy Weave and his family says they know exactly where he is now. After over two decades on a medical roller coaster, Jay continued to trust in the Lord.

Biltmore United Methodist Church of Asheville, North Carolina, is for sale.

Already financially strapped because of shrinking membership and a struggling preschool, the congregation was dealt a crushing blow by the coronavirus.