By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector BRENTWOOD — Little Johnny has a travel baseball game on Sunday morning, sister Becky has a soccer game in the early afternoon, and older brother Ben has an AAU basketball game at the same time. And, by the way, church starts at 9 and is over at noon. What’s a family to do? For Derek Westmoreland, pastor of Hopewell Baptist Church in Savannah,

By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector LEBANON — David and Mary Demps fell in love with special needs folks about 34 years ago as young Christians. Looking back, they see God’s direction to the ministry though they don’t have any family members who have developmental challenges. The Dempses have recently retired from serving for 20 years as houseparents of the Stoneway Acres White House in Lebanon which

By Connie Davis Bushey News Editor, Baptist and Reflector BETHEL SPRINGS — Judy Hollaway knew that her family which included her two wonderful sons and her husband, Mike, a Baptist pastor, was complete. But she still regretted not having a daughter. Then one day God spoke to her and told her that she would have many spiritual daughters. That was years ago. Since then God has given Hollaway hundreds of

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector ELIZABETHTON — Christians and church members are not immune from domestic violence, says long-time Christian counselor Art Webb. One in four women will experience some kind of abuse by the time they reach 18 years old said Webb, a Christian counselor who has served with Watauga Baptist Association, based in Elizabethton, for 30 years. “I’ve seen domestic violence among Christians as well as