Hickory Valley Baptist Church in Sparta, Tennessee, recently hosted an “all in the family” kind of celebration when pastor Doug Benningfield baptized five individuals who represented four generations of one family.
Benningfield first baptized Tommy and Nancy Lynn. Next, he baptized their daughter, Sherry McDonald, then Sherry’s daughter, Shayna Rowland, and then Shayna’s daughter Lyla Rowland.
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“By the time I got there, it was fully engaged all the way across the foyer, the sanctuary, and the kitchen area,” said Phill Hall, interim Director of Missions for the Dyer Baptist Association and former interim pastor of Zion Hill. scene after receiving word of the fire.
At issue is a “righteous living” policy at Lampo, better known as Ramsey Solutions, which requires employees to abide by Christian values. Those values, Ramsey’s company has argued, include banning intercourse outside of marriage.
A mother of three children in Somalia is struggling to survive after her Muslim relatives drove her from their home and threatened to kill her for accepting Christ, she said.
If you haven’t done a spiritual self-reflection yet this year, I encourage you to review the questions in this post to look at your life at an even deeper level.
