New Hampshire quilters work to provide handmade Christmas gifts for children’s home
Sue Dwyer, Renee Reeves and Trish Pike (clockwise from left) stitch a quilt at the Nashua, N.H., church. Church member Heidi Critz organized a project…
Archive: Dec 2005
Fire destroys Oklahoma church building
Smoke and flames pour out of an entrance to the Thomas Street church's building in Altus, Okla., Dec. 7. The early-morning blaze claimed the auditorium…
Bullets, record rainfall fail to deter churches in Central African Republic
Years of political instability, followed by eight weeks of near-continuous rain, have made life difficult for church members in the Central African Republic. "Brethren are…
Is the world ending? Churches too busy serving victims to notice, workers say
Church members around the world have seen a seemingly endless series of natural disasters in the past 12 months. But most have been too busy…
Minister recounts survival in Liberia’s ‘valley of death’
MONROVIA, Liberia — Like many Liberians, David Kolleh remembers a time when he looked at the dead bodies of his people with a sense of…
Quiet, tireless worker demonstrates faith on foot in Papua New Guinea
Siggy Lonua, right, and one of her students, Nesain Tangot, distribute World Bible School lessons by traveling door-to-door in Papua New Guinea. By Erik Tryggestad…
Sharing space and saltines, Cozumel church helps Wilma’s victims
As Hurricane Wilma pounded Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, more than 130 people huddled inside the Cozumel church building, with little food and supplies. “It seemed she…
Wilma and Beta bring more woes to waterlogged church members in Central America
Churches in Nicaragua plan aid for regions affected by Hurricane Beta and a 'rat invasion'; Church members still without power in Mexico after Hurricane Wilma.…
Thriving congregation finds ways to expand outside Bible Belt, inside Beltway
FAIRFAX, Va. — Now you see them. Now you don’t. Every minute or two, the Metro trains that zip commuters to the nation’s capital 20…
How does Fairfax ‘Show Jesus’?
Fairfax's Deaf Congregation averages about 40 people each Sunday morning. Mark Lowenstein is the full-time deaf minister. Church elder David Hinckley, who is active in…
