Mission groups make hurried exit from Honduras after presidential ouster
Hours after a presidential ouster in Honduras, workers with Churches of Christ hurriedly packed U.S. campaigners for a quick exodus from the Central American nation.…
Archive: Jun 2009
Harding professors awarded $1.5 million NASA grant to search for life on Mars
SEARCY, Ark. — A team of Arkansas researchers has been awarded a $1.5 million grant by NASA to develop a system to search for life…
Kids experience ‘Magic’ at Florida VBS
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Jenna Davis, 2, reacts to being tickled by Magic, a 2-foot-tall miniature horse, during Vacation Bible School at the University City Church…
Church embraces two languages to form ‘one body’
ESCONDIDO, Calif. — Damaris Romanillo, the American-born daughter of Mexican immigrants, feels equally comfortable praising God in Spanish or English. The 17-year-old high school senior…
Texas congregations’ merger creates blend of energy, races
On Sundays, when the morning sunlight fills the vaulted space of the Freetown Road church in Grand Prairie, Texas, song leader Gerald Turner sometimes leads…
Church deacon killed by bomb in Iraq
A church deacon from Los Osos, Calif. was killed on Memorial Day after his convoy was hit by an improvised explosive device while traveling in…
Sudan’s ‘open door’ won’t last forever, workers say
OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND for ministries seeking to aid people in this war-torn African nation’s autonomous south. Workers request funds for ministry training, scholarships — even a…
Christian Service Award given to Everett and Nancy Ferguson
MALIBU, Calif. — Everett and Nancy Ferguson from Abilene, Texas, were awarded the Christian Service Award by The Christian Chronicle during the recent Pepperdine Bible…
INSIDE STORY: Former trumpet player leading souls to Christ
This is one of those “it’s a small world” stories. Better yet, it’s one of those “God’s word is sharper than any two-edged sword” stories.…
How my 75-year-old dad resisted – and found – God
You never know how hard it is to be a father until you are facing a screaming 2-year-old or a rebelling teenager. My father was…
