‘She was a treasure … a miracle’
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Dianne Odell couldn't attend worship with her church family at the Campbell Street congregation in Jackson, Tenn. The iron lung machine that…
Archive: May 2008
Tornado claims two members, the latest in a string of tragedies
A minister's son and his wife were killed when a tornado picked up their car on a Kansas state highway and threw it 150 yards…
Churches collect funds for China earthquake relief
Gary Jackson described May 19 as “one of the harder days, emotionally, in my entire life.” Jackson, a church member living in Beijing, visited earthquake survivors…
RV park at Pepperdine Lectures full of sojurners’ stories
MALIBU, Calif. — Late one evening, while I was packing to attend the annual Pepperdine Bible Lectures, I faced a vexing problem: too many clothes,…
Book examines myths, facts about megachurches
A friend, a fellow preacher, recently told me he always turned his car a couple of blocks before passing the location of a megachurch. “I…
Sunset campaign raises $1 million over funding goal
LUBBOCK, TEXAS — Sunset International Bible Institute celebrated the completion of its capital campaign with a dinner attended by nearly 500 on April 18.The three-year…
Rochester president resigns; Rubel Shelly to lead during interim
Mike Westerfield, president of Rochester College since 2003, has resigned his position effective immediately, announcing plans to remain as a tenured professor of English. “My…
Churches send aid after Myanmar cyclone kills more than 31,000
Church workers in Myanmar rushed to the Asian nation’s coast after a May 3 cyclone claimed 31,938, according to the country's military controlled government. The…
Showing love in Muslim communities
A wind from the north, called the harmattan, paints the West African sky beige with sand from the Sahara Desert and coats Maiduguri, Nigeria, in…
‘Thank You’ to our dear readers
Like most of you, my parents taught me to say “please” and “thank you” at an early age. Over the years, though, those words have…
