Hi, and welcome!

Here's a short and simple reference guide I put together for new Steemit users especially. It's covers the most basic elements of Steemit that everyone here needs to know about, which are steem, steem dollars, steem power, voting power, followers, vests and witnesses. It also includes links to some very helpful external sites. This is some of what it covers:

• Steemdb (stats)
• Steemd (stats)
• Steemstats
• SteemDollar: your vote's worth - find out how much your vote is worth, based on steem power. H/t to Hive account@rymlen
• Steemnow
• Steemitboard - Shows your awards - by Hive account@steemitboard

And on steem, steem power and steem dollars:

• Steemit Vlog #4: Steemit 101 - Steem, Steem Dollars, and Steem Power - by Hive account@andrarchy.
• Steemit 101 - Steem, Steem Dollars, and Steem Power (YouTube) - by Hive account@andrarchy.
• Introduction to Steem Dollars (SBD) -by Hive account@dantheman.

Also:

• Understanding post payouts - a video explanation from papa-pepper - by Hive account@papa-pepper.
• ❓Answering Common Questions: How do I spend money from my Steemit wallet? by @ sykochica
• Steem-price

I'm a Christian too, and you'll find there's a pretty large Christian community here. Many of us post at #christian-trail.

I hope Steemit works out very well for you! God bless!