Intimidated by graffiti? Russian church says ‘Nyet’
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — “Your God is dead. Get out and go home!” Gheorge Tartarchyk found those words (in Russian) painted with a stencil on the…
Archive: Jul 2009
A conversation with Wendell Broom
ABILENE, Texas — Wendell Broom remembers when missionary Howard Horton asked him to move to Nigeria. “I thought that was the dumbest thing I’d ever…
INSIDE STORY: Faith, family, fond memories — and a funeral
HAYTI, Mo. — So many of my best childhood memories reside in and around this little town in southeastern Missouri’s Bootheel. When I was a…
Colleges’ finances draw federal scrutiny
Rochester College, Ohio Valley University and York College — all associated with Churches of Christ — were among 114 private nonprofit degree-granting colleges deemed in…
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…
Brazilian family needs support to serve Christ on two continents
I have just learned of a very serious need. A precious Brazilian family that I met about 13 years ago deserves support for a continuing…
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…
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…
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…
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…
