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...

Cindy Townsend: On life, ‘lemons’ and the Lord

By KATIE EUBANKS          Cindy Townsend picks up a plastic lemon and turns it over in her hands. At first glance, it’s just a lemon — one of many she’s used to adorn her kitchen table,...

Helping mothers ‘One by One’

By ANNA CLAIRE O’CAIN      One by One Ministries is a 501c3 nonprofit that partners with Mississippi pregnancy centers to educate and mentor new mothers so they and their babies can thrive. Kristy...

Libbo and Clay Crosswhite — Keep it real, keep it simple

By KATIE EUBANKS        When Libbo Crosswhite thinks of Valentine’s Day, she thinks of when Clay, her now husband, brought her roses in eighth grade.      “He made sure to tell me there were...

Amanda Scott — Abortion, healing and hope

By KATIE EUBANKS     Editor’s note: This article contains a partial description of a late-term abortion.      In 2012, Amanda Scott was at a follow-up appointment with her...

Aaron and Lizzy Sibley — Loss, lament, and moving forward

       No matter what you’ve experienced, nothing can prepare you for the loss of a child. “I had never had a lot of bad things happen in my life at all (before we lost our son),” says Lizzy...

The Baptist Children’s Village celebrates 125 years

By CHRYSTELLE THAMES                   “We now bid you an affectionate goodbye — but this is God’s work. He inspired, built and directed. We were simply...

Willie McClain — From Aryan Brotherhood to brother in Christ

By KATIE EUBANKS          Willie McClain doesn’t do fake.      He didn’t do fake in his previous life as part of the Aryan Brotherhood in prison. And he doesn’t do fake now at Partners in...

Mart and Holly McMullan Celebrating sobriety, faith and love

By KATIE EUBANKS          Mart McMullan starts each morning the same way: “The very first thing I do is go to my office and ask God to keep me sober,” he says, sitting with his wife,...

Olivia and Chris Kneip: Running the race

By ANNA CLAIRE O’CAIN      People in the Flowood area might know Olivia and Dr. Chris Kneip through their competing in triathlons, or from their work as a teacher and orthopedic surgeon...

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Jackson Leadership Foundation Supporting leaders, transforming lives

  Katie Eubanks: What is Jackson Leadership Foundation?      Samuel Bolen: We are a ministry to ministries. Our desire is to work with ministry leaders in Jackson to help (them) grow as leaders, and grow their ministries to the scale of the vision that God has...

Michael and Julie Estes Finding a ministry home at Ridgecrest

By KATIE EUBANKS   Michael and Julie Estes Finding a ministry home at Ridgecrest        In 1998, Michael Estes finally worked up the nerve to ask out Julie Stone.  They’d both grown up in Clinton, and probably met on a Clinton High School...

Shower Power — Jackson organization empowers people experiencing homelessness

By KATIE EUBANKS   Shower Power Jackson organization empowers people experiencing homelessness        Lying in the shade, a young man named DJ spreads his Bible on top of his face and reaches his arms up to the sky. He doesn’t take medication...

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By KATIE EUBANKS     Anne Graham Lotz talks cancer, loss, and seeing God’s blessings        In early 2019, Anne Graham Lotz — daughter of the Rev. Billy Graham — was scheduled to speak to the women at First Baptist Jackson. A brutal round...

Sean Milner: He grew up at a children’s home — and now he runs it

By KATIE EUBANKS   Sean Milner He grew up at a children’s home — and now he runs it        Sean Milner remembers the gunshot from when Oma wounded herself in the shoulder.      “(My siblings and I) ran out on the back porch and...

FEATURE — But God Ministries finds a home in the Delta

    JONESTOWN — Linda McGrew thought she had grown up poor — and she had. But then she visited some homes in Quitman County.   “I (was) inspecting the units that we were to rehab (at a nonprofit). You could look through the ceiling and see outdoors. You...

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DYNAMIC DADS—Stories of Fatherhood

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MILLENNIAL MOMS—Stories of Motherhood

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AUTHOR Q&A — 1 pilgrim, many interruptions

By KATIE EUBANKS          Author and Jackson native Susan Cushman will release her eighth book, “Pilgrim Interrupted” — a memoir in the form of an essay collection encompassing faith, mental health and more — on June 7. She will be at Lemuria Books in Jackson for a signing on June 11....