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…
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 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…
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…
Minister who saved 37 during flood continues to serve
GONAIVES, Haiti — Last year Gueston Pacius saved 37 people from rising floodwaters by ushering them onto the roof of his church’s building. Stranded on…
What teens want
MORE THAN HALF of Americans change religious affiliations, most before age 24, according to a national survey. Young Christians say they are looking for meaning…
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…
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…
