Area churches plan Nativity re-creations
For people who think Christmas is all about shopping, spending money and fighting traffic, two Toledo churches are offering reminders of the spiritual history...
CedarCreek Church hosts ‘Mother of All Baptisms’
At first Andy Shasser only went to church because his girlfriend invited him. It took a breakup two years later to finally bring him...
CedarCreek Church, UT offer free medical clinic
“Two years ago, they said I died,” Barbara Huntley said with a sigh, looking frustrated but very much alive. Her brush with death had...
Church transitions as pastor prepares to retire
The Rev. Dave Claassen is one of Toledo’s longest-serving pastors. But after 37-and-a-half years leading Mayfair-Plymouth Congregational Christian Church, he’s getting ready to retire.
“I...
Former pastor discusses new book on atheism
After 25 years of preaching about God, hell and salvation, Jerry deWitt just couldn’t take it anymore.
For too long, he said, he’d been preaching...
