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Rev. Aaron Long: What About the Bible
Rev. Aaron Long explores the history of The Bible.
Rev. Aaron Long: Evangelize, Educate, Empower
In his latest column, Rev. Aaron Long reflects on the challenges facing today’s Church, noting both cultural pressures and internal shifts that he believes have weakened Christian commitment. He highlights how early Christians grew through personal evangelism, thorough instruction, and empowering members for ministry—practices he argues the modern Church must recover. Long says that returning to these first principles is essential if congregations hope to thrive and pass on the faith to future generations.
Rev Aaron Long: What are You Reading?
Social media is turning our brains into blurb-addicted zombies, and we don’t even crack open the books behind the beliefs we shout about. In this reflection, I’m challenging us—Christians, socialists, nationalists, everybody—to log off, pick up real books (especially the Bible), and let deep reading shape our convictions instead of TikTok clips and T-shirt theology.
Rev. Aaron Long: Sola's Save the Church
The word sola is Latin for alone
Epilepsy Awareness Month: Local Advocate Toney Kincaid Calls for Action
According to CDC-based estimates, about 1% of adults in the United States live with active epilepsy. In Davidson County, that translates to roughly 1,780 residents—neighbors, classmates, coworkers, and family members navigating a condition that can be unpredictable and, at times, deadly.
Rev. Aaron Long: Why Lexington Needs Small Churches
Community Pastor Aaron Long writes about the need for small churches. They’ve long been the backbone of real community—places where folks aren’t just faces in a crowd, where pastors know your story, and where people actually show up for each other.
Column: Rev. Aaron Long Church Is a Family
What today’s Christians sometimes forget is that Scripture doesn’t allow us to treat church as a club. Biblical Christianity isn’t “have it your way.”
Faith and Fellowship: God Calls You Where You Are In Life
Inspiring words from Rev. Aaron Long at Paul’s Chapel Evangelical and Reformed Church in Lexington, NC, Davidson County born and bred.