From Southern Baptist to LifeWay

It's a long way from Storyline Fellowship in Denver's western suburbs to downtown Nashville, Tenn., and a publishing-and-ministry operation the locals have long called the "Baptist Vatican."

That's 1,165 miles, but the cultural gap between Colorado and Tennessee seems bigger than that.

Storyline Fellowship is the congregation that the Rev. Ben Mandrell and his wife, Lynley, started in their living r…