From Pago Pago to Atlanta, churches cope with natural disasters
Though half a world apart from each other, the people of north Georgia and the Philippines both are coping with the aftermath of devastating floods.As…
Archive: Sep 2009
Reporter earns $500,000 prize for serving ‘God, justice and the families’
Jerry Mitchell doesn’t deal in rumors. When the veteran investigative reporter for the Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss. heard talk of his name being linked to…
Reprint: 2009 to add new date to Restoration history
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is a reprint from our January 2009 edition.) "Division among Christians is a horrid evil filled with many evils. All who…
Pepperdine honors patriots with display
Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., is again staging a dramatic display of American flags this week by placing in front of the campus one flag…
Lubbock church clarifies prison ministry incident
Elders of the Green Lawn Church of Christ in Lubbock, Texas, have issued a clarification after an e-mail concerning the church’s prison ministry was forwarded…
Church mourns five members killed in private plane crash
As the Park Plaza church in Tulsa, Okla., deals with the tragic deaths of five members in a plane crash, members are pulling together and…
Magnolia Bible College to close
Citing flat enrollment and funding woes, officials at Magnolia Bible College in Kosciusko, Miss., announced the school would close at the end of 2009. News…
Burkina Faso: New life in a land of wooden crosses
Ur-gawn, Burkina Faso — Herman Hien was a Christian for all of 20 seconds before he performed his first baptism.Missionary Andy Johnson baptized him in…
To reach Togo
KPALIME, Togo — Koffi Adorshie found Jesus, or perhaps Jesus found him, in the unlikeliest place — Saudi Arabia.Born to a Muslim family in the…
Mother of 12 gets extreme home makeover
Meet Mary. She’s a sweet, 78-year-old, wheelchair-bound mother of 12 (yes, 12) who lives in Columbia, Mo. Mary enjoys reading Bible stories to her grandchildren,…
