Articles for tag: Bible Belt

July 24, 2016

My Heart”s Full Desire

By Phyllis Fox “It”s like the Rascal Flatts song, “˜Life Is a Highway,”” said Daniel. The “highway” led Daniel Ball from Chatham, England, to Milligan College in Tennessee to play soccer (and for an education). “I had never heard of Milligan College until I received a call from Adam Laney, Milligan”s men”s soccer coach. After arriving at the airport in Tennessee, my first impression was there literally is a church on every corner. I knew East Tennessee was in the South and that the area is called the Bible Belt, but I didn”t know I would be living on the

May 30, 2015

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Church Leadership Ministry Training & Education

Acting My Age

By Jennifer Johnson A new thing for me is being one of the older people in situations where I used to be young and cool. Most recently I experienced this in my preaching class at Emmanuel Christian Seminary; when Dr. Aaron Wymer discussed the various generations currently alive in the church and surveyed our class, I sheepishly raised my hand as a Gen Xer. The millennials who made up most of the class peered at me with curiosity. (“Look, she can use a computer!”) I realize that at not-yet-40 (you didn”t think I”d give you my real age, did you?),

April 3, 2012

Christian Standard

Care & Counseling Trauma

A Room Called Remember

A lifelong church member describes how childhood abuse, unanswered questions, and painful experiences with the church nearly drove her away—and how safe relationships helped her begin healing without abandoning her faith.

January 13, 2012

Steve Carr

Church & Ministry Church Growth

Counting Sheep

Steve Carr questions whether attendance numbers alone can measure church success, examining biblical examples, transfer growth, evangelism, and the need for a broader understanding of congregational faithfulness.

December 9, 2010

Chris Beard

Church & Ministry Community Outreach

A New Perspective for a “˜Bunch of Jerks”

Chris Beard reflects on how a Beaumont church billboard sparked national conversation and reminded Christians that apologizing, listening, and acting more like Jesus matter in outreach.