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Seminary celebrates 50 years of teaching truth

By KATIE EUBANKS          At her seminary graduation last month, Lindsay Williams — an associate pastor in Jackson who was receiving her master’s of divinity — said Ridgeland-based Wesley...

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LAGNIAPPE — St. Catherine’s care allows couple to stay close

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MODERN MOTHERHOOD — Why you don’t have to be a ‘perfect’ father

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By KATIE EUBANKS          At her seminary graduation last month, Lindsay Williams — an associate pastor in Jackson who was receiving her master’s of divinity — said Ridgeland-based Wesley Biblical Seminary (WBS) had equipped her to “preach the plain truth.” Lindsay was borrowing a phrase...

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