In Episode 104 (Part One of this double feature), Jerri Anne Blankenship and Mindy Lancaster (Whites Ferry Road Church of Christ, West Monroe, Louisiana) tell the story of how God rescued them from darkness and the downward spiral that happened after their father went to prison for the murder of their mother.

In this episode, Jerri Anne and Mindy describe how they accepted an invitation to tell their story to the women on the inside at a Louisiana state prison. Unsure at first, they found themselves caught up in in a mighty work of God, allowing themselves to be part of baptizing hundreds of women a year in a place that most of the world forgets or ignores.

Just in time for Christmas and long rides in the car to spend the holidays with family and friends, Jerri Anne and Mindy tell the second part of their story here.

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When Jerri Anne Blankenship and Mindy Lancaster (Whites Ferry Road Church of Christ, West Monroe, Louisiana) were young teenagers, their father received a life sentence in prison for murdering their mother. The trauma of this event sentenced Jerri Anne and Mindy to their own kind of prison, as they struggled for years in bitterness, confusion, darkness and oppression. But in a turn of events that could only come from the eternal faith, hope, and love of God, they are their father were born again into the life, light and love of the Christ.

Just in time for Christmas and long rides in the car to spend the holidays with family and friends, Jerri Anne and Mindy tell the first part of their story here.

Link to Episode 40 featuring Al Robertson

Link to Heartfelt Ministries

Link to Episode 30 featuring Joneal Kirby of Heartfelt Ministries

Link to One Kingdom Ministry

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Catechism is a word that Church of Christ folks may often associate with Catholicism, but its practice - which comes from the Greek catechesis (Greek for "instruction") - is happening all the time in Church of Christ congregations.

Author Dr. Brad East (associate professor of theology at Abilene Christian University) not only makes a case that catechism is part of every congregation's life, but that Church of Christ congregations and members might benefit from a fresh exploration and understanding of what they instruct and model for emerging generations.

To that end, East recently published Letters to a Future Saint: Foundations of Faith for the Spiritually Hungry (Eerdmans). The book, which was runner-up for Christianity Today's Book of the Year in 2024, places emerging generations of Christians in the great arc of God's story starting "in the beginning," passing through ancient Israel, and tracing 2,000 years of Christian history and tradition.

Drawing from his experience teaching honest young Christians (and those who are considering Christianity), East puts forward a fresh catechesis for these times.

Link to Letters to a Future Saint: Foundations of Faith for the Spiritually Hungry

Link to Dr. Brad East's author page

Link to The Christian Chronicle Podcast Episode 64: Brad East on Christian nationalism

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