Calendar – August 2007
2007 AUGUST11, 13-14 International Ladies’ Lectureship. “A Beautiful Life.” Toronto, Canada. Contact (416) 244-9152, www.cocharding.com or [email protected]. 17-18 Walled Lake Youth Rally. “The Amazing Race.”…
Archive: Aug 2007
Churches send aid to Somalia, but country’s woes far from over
Clashes between the country’s Transitional Federal Government and insurgent groups have intensified, according to news reports. A recent peace conference in the Somali capital was…
Puerto Rico para Cristo
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO — Big cars and sport utility vehicles — some still bearing their factory shine — clog the highways of this Caribbean…
Preachers of the Caribbean
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO — For the past 37 summers, the Caribbean Lectureship has given Christians scattered across the 7,000 or so islands between North…
Missionary gets warm reception in Congo
MUANDA, CONGO — When Barry Baggott arrived in this coastal town, a caravan of people met him at the airport. They sang and honked their…
Praying for passports: Long waits add to mission trip stress
Five days before a mission trip to Mexico, members of the Sycamore View church in Memphis, Tenn., were short a few passports — 25, to…
Texas community grateful for help after ‘500-year flood’ ravages area
The annual rainfall in Marble Falls, a city in the Texas Hill Country about 45 miles northwest of Austin, Texas, is nearly 30 inches per…
‘I will ever sing praise to your name and fulfill my vows day after day’
My birth month is here again even though it seems like only yesterday it occurred last. What a change! When I was 5, I used…
Christian Scholars Conference tackles ‘Emerging Shape of Global Christianity’
ROCHESTER HILLS, MICH. — The 27th annual Christian Scholars Conference met at Rochester College recently, with the theme “The Emerging Shape of Global Christianity.” Organizers…
Have we become lukewarm?
You only have one life. Do something. A young minister interviewed recently by The Christian Chronicle wore a T-shirt with that simple message on it.…
