Ministries Offering Help and Hope to Those in Need
Jennifer Taylor profiles eight churches and ministries serving the poor through food, clothing, tutoring, health care, recovery support, housing help, and neighborhood outreach across the country.
Articles for tag: Southland Christian Church
February 17, 2008
2008 NACC Women’s Conference: The Best Part Is in the Middle
Julie Gariss invites women at the North American Christian Convention to a “conference inside the convention,” featuring workshops, Bible studies, a luncheon, a ministers’ wives’ tea, and speakers including Liz Curtis Higgs and Becky Pippert.
December 9, 2007
Creating Environments (Southland Christian Church, Lexington, KY)
A review of Organic Community through Southland Christian Church’s experience with life groups, showing how releasing control helped people connect naturally and grow spiritually.
November 11, 2007
My “Jesus With Skin On”
Barbara Rendel shares how she met and married Wally Rendel and watched God shape decades of evangelism and church planting through their family. A warm reflection on steadfast love, character, and “a Jesus with skin on.”
August 22, 2007
Can the Church Impact Culture?
Church leaders share how congregations can impact culture by going beyond their walls—serving schools, shelters, and neighborhoods—while keeping disciple-making central, not merely counting how many newcomers were never part of a church.
August 12, 2007
Ministering to the Least of These: Southland Christian Church, Lexington, KY
Southland Christian Church shares how it addresses HIV/AIDS and world hunger through global partnerships and local outreach. Learn how ministries in Africa and initiatives in Lexington aim to break cycles of need through care, support, and discipleship.
To Move Or Not to Move
A church’s plan to buy land for future growth led to a long rezoning battle, a hard “no,” and years of waiting. This pastor shares how God used closed doors to guide relocation, strengthen community partnerships, and open a new chapter.
November 5, 2006
ORDINATION (Part 3): Lifetime Ordination
Ordination is a key event in a church’s life. Tom Lawson proposes “lifetime ordination,” a mutual relationship of accountability, oversight, and crisis intervention between a congregation and the minister it sets apart.
July 26, 2006
One Course, Two Kinds of Runners
Mark A. Taylor reflects on “sprinters” and “marathon runners” in ministry work—why different rhythms can clash on church staffs, and how healthy teams learn to plan, adapt, and value each other’s strengths.
October 16, 2005
NACC Midwest Regional Conference
The NACC Regional Conference in Lexington reinforced “Journey to the Presence” through preaching, worship, and testimony, highlighting God’s presence among his people and culminating in a memorable Homecoming Concert.
September 4, 2005
Dear Missionary
A heartfelt letter to missionaries serving overseas, offering encouragement, gratitude for sacrifice, and a reminder that believers at home are praying and ready to help in practical ways.
May 29, 2005
‘When You’re Riding the Fire Truck You Can’t Let Go’
Rod Huron tells stories from Wayne B. Smith’s ministry in Lexington—door-to-door outreach, a key visit that helped secure a permit, and the challenge of financing growth—showing the persistence behind Southland Christian Church’s expansion.
May 29, 2005
A New Book About a Favorite Minister
A review of Love, Laughter and Leadership, the biography of Wayne B. Smith of Southland Christian Church. Highlights his humor, humility, family, friendships, and lasting influence in ministry.
May 29, 2005
Simple Gifts, Teachable Moments
A popped balloon becomes a lesson in contentment, and a pastor’s journal becomes a window into harder questions: how Christians respond, why church health matters more than formulas, and how leaders can resist the bitter pull of cynicism.
