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Read more about the article Confessions of faith: Linda Sherman

Confessions of faith: Linda Sherman

  • Post author:Alicia A. Neumann
  • Post published:2024/04/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

After many years, a woman finds true happiness, hope, and peace in God’s Word. Linda Sherman says she has been searching for something her entire life. She didn’t find it…

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Read more about the article Confessions of faith: Quinton Jones

Confessions of faith: Quinton Jones

  • Post author:James F. Pope
  • Post published:2024/01/31
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

A Mormon’s faith journey leads him to South America and back home to Utah, where he finds the biblical truth he had been seeking. On some Sunday mornings, you can…

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Read more about the article Confessions of faith: Ken Blaine

Confessions of faith: Ken Blaine

  • Post author:Marilyn Sievert
  • Post published:2023/10/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

After years of praying, a wife sees God’s perfect timing in the baptism of her husband. Although it took over 30 years of praying, at just the right time Ken…

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Read more about the article Empowering lay leaders to teach Bible information classes

Empowering lay leaders to teach Bible information classes

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2023/10/27
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

When Don and Jennifer Serkowski first began attending Christ, Big Bend, Wis., they were looking for a church family to call their own. During a church service, they filled out…

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Read more about the article Confessions of faith: Anna Linden

Confessions of faith: Anna Linden

  • Post author:Ann Jahns
  • Post published:2023/08/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

A woman relates how God’s grace has changed her life and how she works to share that grace with others. Grace—God's unconditional, undeserved love—is a concept that used to be…

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Read more about the article Confessions of faith: Nick and Lacey Wagner

Confessions of faith: Nick and Lacey Wagner

  • Post author:Ann Jahns
  • Post published:2023/04/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

A couple discovers a new church home after sending their children to its school. Nick and Lacey Wagner’s journey to becoming members at Trinity, Kiel, Wis., was completely unexpected. The…

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Read more about the article My Christian life: When vocation and ministry collide

My Christian life: When vocation and ministry collide

  • Post author:Ann Jahns
  • Post published:2022/09/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

A couple discovers how God is using them—and their life experiences—for his bigger kingdom purpose. Jerry and Lynn Zimpelmann, members at Christ, Eagle River, Wis., are the first to admit…

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Read more about the article A second family

A second family

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2022/09/30
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

When Light of the Valleys, Reno, Nev., discovered it was going to have a vicar for the first time in 2021, it decided to embark on a new ministry opportunity—a…

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Read more about the article My Christian life: From prospect to pastor

My Christian life: From prospect to pastor

  • Post author:Alicia A. Neumann
  • Post published:2022/06/30
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ/FIC Series

One year out of the seminary, a pastor shares his journey into the public ministry. Jacob Shepherd, pastor at St. Paul, Round Lake Park, Ill., remembers when he started thinking…

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