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Wesley Biblical Seminary welcomes new president

By Courtney Ingle Wesley Biblical Seminary (WBS) in Ridgeland has appointed Andy Miller as its new president, marking a significant leadership change during a pivotal moment for the institution....
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Free conference for single moms

By Courtney Buzek Betty Hodge, a director at the Center for Pregnancy Choices Metro Area, has for years felt a burden to provide more support for local single mothers. When she started noticing the...
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WellsFest celebrates 40 years

By Peggy Hampton WellsFest, one of Mississippi’s most family-friendly events, offers something for everyone this year.   Organized by Wells United Methodist Church in Jackson, WellsFest is one of...
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Canton church improving health of congregation and community

By Rochelle Thompson  "Preaching, Teaching, Caring, and Sharing until He Comes Again!" is the motto of Priestley Chapel M. B. Church in Canton. Priestley is a church where worship is not a duty but...
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What’s Going On – National Family Caregivers Month

By Ruth W. Sanders, MSN, CNS, RN Every November is dedicated to honoring caregivers. This year’s theme is “Caregiving Happens.” Caregiving is one of the hardest jobs that an individual will ever...
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What’s Going On: Find your place at new ministry hub

By Katie Eubanks Ginn A new hub for Christian ministry is coming to downtown Jackson, thanks to the Jackson Leadership Foundation (JLF), a nonprofit that aims to see spiritual, social, and economic...
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WHAT’S GOING ON — Wills created free for first responders in Mississippi

         Wills for First Responders Magnolia State (WFFRMS) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that brings together volunteer attorneys and paralegals to prepare wills and advanced healthcare...
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WHAT’S GOING ON — Single moms’ retreat offers free admission, childcare

       “She Is Chosen, Too!” is a free two-day conference solely for single mothers on July 21 and 22 at The Pointe Church in Brandon. I had the vision for this conference to give single moms a...
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WHAT’S GOING ON — ‘Covered’ concert to benefit Little Light House in February

By VICKI HUSBAND The first Fondren Covered event floored Jackson music lovers at Duling Hall in February 2012, and the show has since grown into highly anticipated concerts happening multiple times...
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MCL’s 2022 Women’s Retreat — The best one yet!

By KATIE EUBANKS   In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, we held our first annual Women’s Retreat, where we discussed mental health (something everyone needed help with that year). In...
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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, where we now sit with her husband, as well as other surfaces in their...
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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...
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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...
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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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Anne Graham Lotz talks cancer, loss, and seeing God’s blessings

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...
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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...
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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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SPECIAL FEATURE — Doing diversity in the local church

By Katie Eubanks   Doing diversity in the local church     Sunday morning is still the most segregated hour of the week, but not if these churches have anything to do with it. In the greater Jackson area, leaders at several churches — from a megachurch...
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DYNAMIC DADS—Stories of Fatherhood

Introduction and Questions by Marilyn Tinnin Dynamic Dads   We have looked for a few wise men here in Mississippi Christian Living’s Annual Man Issue. We have loved gathering these stories and getting these guys to put words to the heart issues of priorities,...
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MILLENNIAL MOMS—Stories of Motherhood

  Fenley Akers Davis Age 28 Married to Price Davis (5 years) Mother to daughter Paschal (Newborn)   Work Background: Administrative Assistant to Governor Phil Bryant; Account Executive WLBT News Channel 3; Co-Founder + Director of Development Club Sally;...
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AUTHOR Q&A — 1 pilgrim, many interruptions

by | May 4, 2022

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....