Calendar – June 2007
2007MAY 31-June 2 Quest. “Focusing Ministry on Transformation.” Oklahoma Christian University, Oklahoma City. Contact www.oc.edu/Quest or (405) 425-1980. JUNE3-9 Element Institute. “What Burns Within You?”…
Archive: May 2007
Longtime missionary, ministry school founder Cline Paden dies at 87
Cline Rex Paden, minister, missionary and founder of Sunset International Bible Institute, died May 26 at his home in Lubbock, Texas. He was 87. In…
Sunset celebrates seventy-sixth graduating class with ceremony
Sunset International Bible Institute held a commencement ceremony May 19 for its seventy-sixth graduating class. Don Myers, Bible teacher at Faulkner University in Alabama delivered…
Calendar – May 2007
MAY 21-24 Sermon Seminar. 26th annual. Austin Graduate School of Theology, Austin, Texas. Contact www.austingrad.edu or call (512) 476-2772. 24-27 Camp Hunt Reunion, 60th anniversary.…
Kansas tornado destroys homes of 11 church families
Though no members were injured, the families emerged after the storm to find their homes reduced to concrete slabs. “It just cleaned off their homes,”…
Philippine churches help WWII vet honor brother who died in war
Salvador Cariaga, a minister supported by the church, had sent pictures of the memorial, but “Dad really wanted to see it … while he still…
Experiencing LTC with granddaughter makes first convention extra sweet
Alright. I confess that in recent years Lynn and I have somehow joined the ranks of “Grandparent Groupies.” I might warn you: Grandparenting is an…
Breaking the language barrier, and the trend
Though most U.S. churches are English only, an increasing number are launching programs in other languages. Every Sunday, members of Chicago's Northwest church sing praises…
Members ponder issues of integration, culture as Spanish ministries grow
About 445 Churches of Christ in the United States worship in Spanish. Not all of them are in Texas The 129-member Auburn Hills Church of…
Faith, not football, inspires former tight end
MOUNT DORA, FLA. — As a tight end, Lonnie Johnson won a national championship at Florida State and played six seasons for the Buffalo Bills…
