Valerie Hicks McDuffie

Growing Up Churching Valerie Hicks McDuffie

Those who have grown up in a church know what it means to be involved in a religious community that comes with its own expectations, gifts, community, and miracles. These five siblings flourished in that community. Each of them gifted with their own personalities and talents, found that they could reach people of just about any age, station, and level of commitment to God in their own ministries. Each became ministers of God and experienced God's hand in their own lives along the way. One of the siblings went on to become the First Female Ordained in their own church community, a unique experience that allowed the siblings to see the hand and work of God right before them. Another of the siblings brings order to the Body of Christ, another explores and expounds upon the scriptures so that all may understand, another helps others to transform their lives through the word of God, and another keeps watch, ready to raise the alarm when danger is near as they all continue on their journey, and as they go churching.