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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Growing people in their faith is something central to the mission of every church.
For Compass Community Church, they are trying to grow the church itself while also doing the work of saving souls through God’s Word.
On Nov. 13 at 7 p.m., Building 429, a chart topping Contemporary Christian band, will play Immanuel Baptist Church’s Worship Center.
The concert, which also features Cade Thompson, is being put on at Immanuel Baptist, both to entertain and connect audiences to the music, as well as bring more attention to the church.
