Each week, couples from different backgrounds and cultural traditions forgo the pomp and circumstance of a traditional wedding ceremony. They exchange vows on the second floor of the Athens County Courthouse, a two-story red-brick building built in 1880.

Unlike friends at the Hocking Hills Mennonite Church, the Springers were not born into their faith. Coming from an outside world, their transition was marked by questions of how they would raise their children and the kind of community in which they live.

The women of Lifepoint, the Pentecostal church in Athens, are complex and fascinating, setting themselves apart from society out of their love for God. This story explores these women's joys and challenges in an effort to confront and shatter stereotypes.

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The women of the Pentecostal Church are complex and fascinating, setting themselves apart from society out of their love for God. This story explores Pentecostal women's joys and challenges in an effort to confront and shatter stereotypes about their faith.