Take notes: Church music lacks true harmony, singing experts say
Is the tradition of four-part a cappella singing in Churches of Christ disappearing?Are congregations singing fewer — and in some cases, none — of thegreat…
Archive: Jul 2009
Church crafts new niche with Art Camp instead of VBS
VBS has taken a vacation at the Kingwood, Texas, church. In its place is a program so popular that it has doubled in size each…
Kids replace bad memories with good on trip of a lifetime
They come from some of the saddest environments imaginable. This summer, though, these children — victims of abuse, neglect, poverty and other worries that took…
Three members of church youth group killed in Bolivia bus crash
A bus carrying a Church of Christ youth group in Bolivia rolled down an embankment and threw passengers up to 100 yards, killing three teenage…
From Tonga to Banana Village
It took nearly seven years of planning, prayer and perseverance for the Nuku’alofa church on the island of Tonga to complete its first building. So…
Global South: The new demographics of faith
Many of us who grew up in Churches of Christ remember the visits of missionaries from Africa. Bearing stacks of slide carousels, they clicked through…
South goes North: Mission efforts in Africa benefit church in U.S.
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. — In a civil war in his native Liberia, Thomas Giddings saw his brother and another relative massacred. Fleeing the war on…
Africa: A century later, church membership tops 1 million
KUMASI, Ghana — Two young preachers — one wearing a long-sleeve, blue shirt and tie, the other in a traditional African shirt with vivid, green…
The changing face of the church
GROWTH IN AFRICA, ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA transforms Churches of Christ from a Western fellowship to a global movement. UKPOM, Nigeria — They traveled days…
Can churches reach singles?
OKLAHOMA CITY — Nathan Mellor doesn’t see a single reason for Churches of Christ to reach out to unmarried Americans. He sees 92 million. That’s…
