Know Your Neighbor — Bates: ‘I am a child of God’ - Daily Leader

Know Your Neighbor — Bates: ‘I am a child of God’ - Daily Leader

Jackie Bates began her service to Lincoln County as a deputy clerk in the circuit clerk’s office 15 years ago. It was an answer to prayers. “This is what I live by. I am a child of God, believer in Christ and I trust the Lord whole-heartedly in whatever I do,” she said. “It has gotten me where I am today.” Bates took over as interim circuit clerk July 2 to fill in until a special election can be conducted for the seat vacated by Dustin Bairfield…

Knowing about God vs. knowing God

I grew up in a Christian home. Almost everyone did in the 1950s and ‘60s. Everyone I knew went to Sunday school and Vacation Bible School, so I began to know about God when I was a child. My freshman…