Pastor celebrates 50 years of ministry

Dec. 5 |   By Charles Hallman Staff Writer   Alphonse Reff, Sr. accepted the call to ministry in 1962. “I thought I could do some other things other than [being a minister],” admits the reverend, adding that ever since he took “a whipping from...

For churches, Christmas is not about the man in the red suit

Dec. 21 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer   Christmas this year falls on Sunday. We talked with some of our local pastors and church leaders about their plans to celebrate the holiday and how they thought it might affect their Sunday worship. Most anticipate...