Every Wednesday ... bible study. He went, and his world changed. "It was the first time I really heard the gospel," he says. "So I went home, read through the whole gospel of Matthew that night ...

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — As a pastor of 17 years and now Lifeway’s president and CEO, Ben Mandrell has seen increasing loneliness ...

Image Tim O’Connor, second from left, leading the Wednesday Bible ... A routine set in, with nights at church shelters, days at the center, and Bible study as a morning anchor.

Thompson was teaching Bible study when she was shot and killed. Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr. Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr. was on the staff at Emanuel AME and regularly attended the Wednesday night Bible ...