“We want students to understand that they can lead their peers and don’t have to wait until they are adults. For Perimeter kids, it is a chance to explore their gifts and see how God can use them.”

“I would watch people show up for Kara and do these amazing things, and I would think, I never would have thought of that, but look at how that person knew that that was something only they could do.”

Covenant is a promise that stretches from Genesis to Revelation: “I will be your God, you will be my people, I will live among you.”

For Pat Hatch, the journey toward working with refugees began 35 years ago in an unlikely place: Seoul, South Korea

An evangelist, a visionary, a friend of the poor. That is how his friends and colleagues describe pastor and leader Dr. Ben Wilkinson, who passed away on Jan. 27, 2016, in Decatur, Georgia.

On Oct. 4, 2015, Watershed Fellowship had a watershed moment when the Gibson Pond Dam broke and flooded the church facility in Lexington’s Old Mill, a historic, revitalized section of downtown Lexington.

As Christians and Americans — in that order — we have a responsibility to enter into this debate.

In today’s Western church, some believe we’ve lost our sense of corporate responsibility. This isn’t a new struggle; asking “Am I my brother’s keeper?” is a familiar question to God’s people.

By seeking independence from the Creator and denying our rightful place in His created order, we find ourselves distorting the means designed to bring us into appropriate communion with each other, leaving us isolated.

Investing in Palmer Home has forced Evangel members to see how the world’s brokenness can harm the most vulnerable. But God is a Father to the fatherless, and the Gospel has the power to change lives.