Ed White
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NEWS FEATURE: Opryland chaplain _ `married’ to his work
By Ed White — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service NASHVILLE _ You might say Perry “Red” Michel is married to his work. The retired Baptist minister not only serves as the Opryland Hotel chaplain, but he is also chaplain at Bridal Path Wedding Chapel here. Last year he married 528 couples, including 51 on Valentine’s Day. “I did a […]
NEWS FEATURE: Black youth minister at white church finds different kind of bias
By Ed White — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service NEW MARKET, Ala. _ The Rev. Conley Bush is no stranger to racial prejudice. He says he even felt it in his own family while growing up in Moulton, Ala. But the prejudice Bush experienced was atypical from most racial bias directed against blacks _ it was blacks who gave […]
NEWS FEATURE: FROG bracelets have answer for WWJD question
By Ed White — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. _ So you’re familiar with WWJD, the spiritual and marketing phenomenon that has teenagers asking,”What would Jesus do?”But are you ready to leap to FROG? An Indiana company says it has the answer: Fully Rely On God, or FROG. Like the WWJD phenomenon, which got its start […]
NEWS FEATURE: Southern Baptist women start welfare-to-work project
By Ed White — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service HUNTSVILLE, Ala. _ Adele Williams, a 20-year-old single mother with three young children, could only find work at fast-food restaurants. With few health benefits, little child support, and not enough in her paychecks to support her family, she knew she needed to do something to drastically change her life. Enter […]
TOP STORY: CHURCHES AND THE MENTALLY ILL: Churches often fail to minister to mentally ill and their
By Ed White — January 4, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service HUNTSVILLE, Ala. _ In biblical times, people suffering from mental illness were considered to be demon possessed, and no one dared to go near them. The Gospels report that one person _ Jesus _ broke the rules when it came to mingling with the mentally ill. Not just once, but […]
NEWS FEATURE: Former drug addict’s `Pensacola Awakening’ draws thousands
By Ed White — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service UNDATED _ As a teen growing up in Huntsville, Ala., Stephen Hill spent more time taking drugs and committing crimes than doing homework. Today, the former drug addict is on another kind of high _ a spiritual one. Hill, 43, is at the center of a revival at a Florida […]
NEWS FEATURE: A dream redefined: Quadriplegic creates line of Christian jewelry
By Ed White — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service HUNTSVILLE, Ala. _ Tracy Traylor dreamed of becoming an interior designer. But in 1988, while on spring break in her hometown of Laurel, Miss., an automobile accident left the Baylor University freshman a quadriplegic and in a coma. It was 5 months before she finally came out of the coma, […]
NEWS FEATURE: Former pastor’s new ministry is sending Christian literature abroad
By Ed White — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service DECATUR, Ala. _ The Rev. Edwin L. Hodges believes he has God’s stamp of approval on his ministry. But what he needs now are postage stamps to help spread the gospel throughout the world. After serving as a pastor for 22 years, Hodges worked for Bibles for the World, where […]
NEWS FEATURE: `We’re all varieties, but we’re still ice cream’
By Ed White — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service HUNTSVILLE, Ala. _ A few weeks ago, Lee Cropp reluctantly agreed to attend a meeting at Northminster Presbyterian Church to hear a proposal to invigorate the dwindling north Huntsville congregation to which he belongs.”When I went to that first meeting … I had the attitude that it would be another […]
NEWS FEATURE: Nativity display is a sight to behold
By Ed White — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service HUNTSVILLE, Ala. _ Otto Freudenberger may have spent a career as an aeronautical engineer, but he never questioned his wife’s design specifications when it came to helping her with her biggest art project, “Come to the Manger.” “I just cut exactly where she told me to cut,” said Freudenberger, laughing. […]
NEWS FEATURE: Helping Hands: coming to the aid of the elderly, disabled
By Ed White — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service HUNTSVILLE, Ala. _ When Beverly Livingston needed some things repaired around her house, the single mother of two didn’t turn to the Yellow Pages. Instead, she called Joyce Egedy, dispatcher for the Helping Hands Ministry at Weatherly Heights Baptist here. Helping Hands is a unique ministry started by several local […]
NEWS FEATURE: Persecuted in Iran for her faith, Baha’i woman tells her story
By Ed White — April 2, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (RNS)-She never knew when it would happen. Sometimes it was every day, often more than once. The pain was excruciating as lash after lash tore the flesh from her tiny body for months at a time. Once, she lost so much blood that her cellmates feared she was […]
NEWS FEATURE: Dating service founder seeks matches made in heaven
By Ed White — March 27, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (RNS)-Ever since the original matchmaker created Adam and Eve, men and women have been trying to find the perfect mate. While she certainly doesn’t claim to be God, Kimberly Gura hopes she can help people, especially Christians, find their mate through Perfect Match, a Christian dating service. “First […]
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