Churches rally around family after father falls while volunteering
Clint Mongan was 20 feet up on a ladder preparing to cut back a wayward walnut tree in his congregation’s parking lot when something went…
Archive: Nov 2009
A conversation with Oksana Boiko
Twenty years ago, as Germans pounded the Berlin Wall with sledgehammers, 11-year-old Oksana Boiko couldn’t imagine how her life was about to change. Like most…
Tragedy at Fort Hood touches churches in Texas, Oklahoma
An Army chaplain who is a Church of Christ member is ministering to victims of the Fort Hood shooting rampage that killed 13 people and…
Domestic missionaries share passion for San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO — Domestic mission work in the City by the Bay requires not just one “Paul” but two. Paul Crites and Paul Fletcher…
Around the world, November 2009
Reaching for unity through teamwork in southern Africa Floristo Germindo tries to grab a rock and place it in a bucket — without touching the…
Across the nation, November 2009
OPELOUSAS, La. — “Let’s ride!” So declared Clarence Holmes, new evangelist at the Opelousas church, in introducing himself to the community. Holmes, a minister for…
A golden anniversary for missionaries
BENONI, South Africa — In the 1950s, a Texas girl named Donna Whitaker met Al Horne, a South African, at Abilene Christian University. She had…
Post-apartheid era brings blessings
BENONI, South Africa — On the fourth and final night of the Southern Africa Bible College lectureship, the voices of 500 Christians rang out in…
‘E-vangelism,’ an emerging mission field?
For Bob Valerius, saving souls in Haiti just isn’t enough. Valerius, who works with the Cap Haitien Children’s Home, spends his spare time sharing his…
Journey to Jerusalem
When Jesus, the incarnate word, knew that his time had come, he deliberately made his way to Jerusalem where he knew his enemies would kill…
