Ex-Army private implicated in rape, killings has church ties
On a Sunday afternoon in March 2005, 166 soldiers gathered for a worship service at Soldiers Chapel at Fort Benning, Ga. After Church of Christ…
Archive: Aug 2006
O’Dell lets faith shine, on and off air
CHICAGO — As a boy, Spike O’Dell never caused too much trouble in worship. But occasionally, his mother, Dotty, now 81 and the secretary at…
Spotlight: She knows what she wants
KHON KAEN, THAILAND — When Parker Henderson visited Kim and Rebecca Voraritskul in Thailand recently, the longtime missionary to the island of Trinidad tried to…
Texas church mourns slain teen
More than 1,000 friends and relatives filled pews, aisles and hallways inside the First Colony church in Sugar Land, Texas, for the funeral of 16-year-old…
Winkler posts bond, released from jail pending trial
SELMER, TENN — Mary Winkler, the minister's wife charged with slaying her husband, posted bond Aug. 15 and was freed from jail pending her first-degree…
Churches teach, reach and baptize youths with special needs
AUSTIN, TEXAS — After a few months in the special-needs ministry at the Brentwood Oaks church, Alex Busch-Petersen started picking where he wanted to sit…
