Description: Our mission is to point people to Christ and make their lives better We encourage believers in Mississippi by sharing peoples faith stories and providing practical information and insights through our monthly magazine edigest social media and yearly events like our scholarship program and womens retreat Heres more of our story In 2001 Mississippi native Marilyn Tinnin attended a Christian writers conference in Tuscaloosa Alabama and picked up a magazine called Birmingham Christian Family In 2002 she started Jackson Christian Family under a trademark agreement She ventured into her own independent business three years later and the magazine that would become Mississippi Christian Living was born Over the past 16 years we have gone from printing 5000 copies a month to more than 15000 In 2018 Marilyn knew she wanted to retire spend more time with her grandkids as MaeMae and maybe publish a book or two She contacted Katie Eubanks whose experience at The Northside Sun newspapermagazine and Clarion Ledger where she ran Magnolia Magazine for a year prepared her to step into Marilyns shoes Katie took over as publisher and editor of Mississippi Christian Living at the end of August 2018