Welcome to the community Howie! Great to have you here. Yes, Steem/Steemit is always changing and it can be difficult when you haven’t been here for a while. I think now that communities are live, tags don’t matter as much. You just need to post into the write communities to get visibility. There are a few common tribe tags where you can earn other tokens on Steem-engine, such as the following tags: palnet, neoxian and marlians. Christian community common tags are: christian-trail, steemchurch and christianity.

Downvotes on Steem is more common after the recent Hard Fork, so don’t take it personally. Sometimes people just downvote for no particular reason. Just stick to what you do best and serve your audience. Hope that ansered your question. And please feel free to ask if you have any other questions, and you’re always welcomed to get involved in the Christian Fellowship community if you wish. Blessings.