Faith Archive

A suspected drunk driver has been arrested after crashing into the First Presbyterian Church of Crestview in the early morning hours of Feb. 18. The driver failed to negotiate the turn on southbound State Road 85 at the intersection of U.S. Highway 90. Paul B. Carroll, 38, of Crestview, was arrested on the scene and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol resulting in an accident with serious bodily injury, according to a Crestview Police Department media release.

There is a certain rhyme and reason that can be found at every Episcopal Church. From Crestview to Corvallis, Oregon, and all parts in between, the service will be pretty much the same. The same prayer book will be used, the same scriptures are read and the same order of worship followed.

Pastor Jeff Childers admits the Shepherd’s Church might have an identity crisis, at least as far as location.

“We are technically in Milligan, we have a Baker address, and we are right outside of Crestview,” said Childers, the teaching pastor of the church.

Sister Sherrill Compton has been with New Life International Fellowship Church from the beginning. That beginning was 30 years ago on Mother’s Day 1993 when along with her late husband, the Rev. Douglas Compton, the church was started.

In the scripture passage found in the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 25, verses 35-40, Jesus speaks of being hungry, thirsty, needing clothing and of being sick and the people cared for him. When the disciples asked, when they did those things for Jesus, he replied, “When you’ve done it to the least of these, you’ve done it to me.”

History was made on a rainy morning, Sunday, Jan. 22, as Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in Crestview held its first service at the former Valley Road Baptist Church.

Greg Allen’s story isn’t that different from many other men and women in the ministry. He had his career planned out and was doing well for himself when God stepped in and gave him a calling instead in place of a career as director of children’s ministries at Emmanuel Baptist Church.

A quick take on the math indicates how Hope House Family Counseling in Crestview, and arm of Lutheran Services Florida, is impacting Okaloosa County.

Even after five years as Bishop with the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Bishop William “Bill” Wack said he is just getting started. Over the past few years, Wack (pronounced wok) and the Diocese have had to deal with several issues which have taken away the church’s ability to map out the future.

It has been said that Hollywood rarely lets the facts get in the way of the fiction. When it comes to certain Christmas traditions, that is certainly the case. Some decades ago, Hollywood made a movie about the birth of the Christ Child. One of the closing scenes included all the characters of the Christmas story – including the Three Wise Men. As a result of the beautiful tableau shown, most Christmas scenes and stories now include the arrival of the wise men on the night of Jesus’ birth. Spoiler alert! It didn’t happen that way.