When I started building our baby registry, I was immediately overwhelmed by the price tags on basic items every parent and infant needs. Car seat, crib and mattress, stroller, diapers and wipes, bottles, burp clothes — everything easily tallying into the $1,000+ range for budget brands. And let’s not forget about the cost of medicalContinue reading “FIRST-PERSON: Pregnancy resource centers are essential”
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‘It’s just the grace of the Lord’: Ky. Baptist bivocational pastor on church, pregnancy help ministry as vocation
“Everybody always tells me this: I don’t know how you do this. And I say, ‘I don’t know either.’ I mean, it’s just the grace of the Lord,” Forsythe said. Born and raised in church, Forsythe didn’t know Jesus until he was 12 years old. Not long after his conversion, his youth leader observed theContinue reading “‘It’s just the grace of the Lord’: Ky. Baptist bivocational pastor on church, pregnancy help ministry as vocation”
Woman conceived in rape thankful for life, restoration found in Christ
SOMERSET, Ky. (KT) – Chrystal York was 13 when she learned she was conceived after her mother was raped by a man whose advances she rejected. “I always knew that I didn’t know my biological father,” York said. “But you always have in the back of your mind, one of these days he’s going toContinue reading “Woman conceived in rape thankful for life, restoration found in Christ”
McConnells thankful for God-honoring journey of adoption
TAYLORSVILLE, Ky. (KT) – Before Chance and Brittany McConnell even met, God was weaving the thread of adoption into their story. And now, 11 years into marriage, two of their three children are adopted — all three a testament to the Lord’s kindness and faithfulness. “We met on a mission trip to Nicaragua,” said Chance,Continue reading “McConnells thankful for God-honoring journey of adoption”
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