FIRST-PERSON: Why I serve in children's ministry | Baptist Press
"I believe kids can learn big things," Bekah Stoneking says. "And I feel a sense of urgency; the childhood years are vital to a person's lifetime of faith -- or lack thereof."
"I believe kids can learn big things," Bekah Stoneking says. "And I feel a sense of urgency; the childhood years are vital to a person's lifetime of faith -- or lack thereof."

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Two weeks after he was accused of liking racially insensitive posts on social media, Pastor Chris Hodges of Church of the Highlands in Alabama told his congregation Sunday that he has cried buckets ...