Does creative child evangelism pay? “You bet it does!” Barbara Manspeaker, member at the Stanley (Va.) church, will exclaim every time. “Not only does it win children for Jesus, but it teaches them to serve others in their community by raising the moral and spiritual standard.” Stanley members recently took on Summer Splash, a program [...]

“We are people of hope,” Mark Finley, long time evangelist, boldly stated at the ground-breaking ceremony of the Living Hope Community Church, in Haymarket, Va.. “The whole concept of Living Hope is not to isolate ourselves, but to make an impact.” For years, Finley and his wife, Teenie, have felt that every church should be [...]

Charlottesville Seventh-day Adventist Church celebrated Sabbath with a ‘holy mess.’ Members participated in the city’s Bike Walk Play JPA, an open street event, which celebrates connections between people, neighborhoods, local organizations and businesses. The event is open to any form of active travel or recreation. “As a church, we bought large canvases which said: Celebrate [...]