Life in a Fishbowl: Survey Reveals Pastors’ Spouses Experiences
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) — The vast majority of U.S. Protestant pastors’ spouses say ministry has had a positive effect on their families but
A cousin’s death and an opportunity to be family
One of the cousins with whom I grew up died while experiencing a COPD attack a few weeks ago. His name was Bill Derry. He was 68 and a retired dispatcher for a trucking firm. I was able to return to my hometown of Mt.
Bivos seek flexibility, understanding with family, ministry, employers
Bivocational ministers live in two worlds — in part to support themselves and their families economically but also, at least for some, as a way to translate the world to the church and the church to the world.
Pies help lift a family from poverty
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Couponing helps family, leads to ministry opportunities
Would you like to save money and be ready to minister when a need arises?
Teresa Robinson of Climax Springs believes couponing fills the bill -- actually cuts it, often by more than half and allows avid coupon users the ability
âFoster care saved my life,â says one HopeTree Family Services resident
SALEM, Va. -- Imagine that you are 10 years old when you finally find the courage to tell your teacher about some problems you have been having at home. Then your world falls completely apart. Eight years ago, this happened to Samantha. As a
Family offers ministry of presence in Colombia
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (ABP) -- One night after nine months in Colombia, Susanne Walker-Wilson poked her sleeping husband Greg to tell him a strange man was in their house, speaking aloud in Spanish.
Soccer league opens church door for family
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (ABP) -- When the soccer season sponsored and funded by First Baptist Church in Kannapolis, N.C., wound down, Chris and Jennifer Roman realized they were going to miss the new friends they found while mingling with church families at the soccer field.
God, church strengths for family facing rare genetic disorder
Childhood Alzheimer's -- a genetic disorder so rare that Brisan and Parker Stults were the first cases ever diagnosed by Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, to the knowledge of the boys' parents. Only about 75 people are living with it in the country
Christian lives well lived
News of his death was no surprise. His wife of well over half a century had died months earlier. She had been his caregiver, and news of her death was unexpected. With his long-standing health issues, most people, including him, assumed he would go