John Huber wasn’t a Christian until he was 45 years old. He credits his wife, nicknamed Luba, for teaching him. Huber now serves as the volunteer pastor at Living Hope Church when he is not at his secular job as an industrial machinist. “She has been a Christian her
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Donna Ruggles heard that it was too soon for women to lead in ministry many times in her life. In fact, she came close to making a career out of singing, a job others had seen more fit for her. Her father was in broadcasting and at the age of
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What boxes do you check when looking for a leader? Bravery? Educated? Leads from the front? On Jan. 29, 1962, 13-year-old Lynda Woodruff and 14-year-old Owen Cardwell walked into E.C. Glass High School, in Lynchburg, just two brave black teenagers in an all-white school. Part of Virginia’s little-talked-about
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Senior Pastor Dr. Don Runion's office is interspersed with books about religion but also a wide array of history books and a copy of the Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, among others. When you lead a congregation for more than 36 years, you need
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