For 14 weeks last fall, Rhonda Hill and a group of women dug deep into the Book of Acts, Luke’s biblical account of the planting of the early church and of the great suffering — beatings, imprisonment, death — endured by many who spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
For a woman like Hill — deeply religious, a believer in the power of the Holy Spirit to transform lives — the Bible holds great meaning. And looking back, she sees those discussions as a preparation for this time.