A conversation with Phil Schubert
Phil Schubert has spent much of his life preparing for the presidency of Abilene Christian University, a role he assumed June 1. After completing a…
Archive: Jul 2010
Around the World, July 2010
World Bible School graduates are ‘Marching to Zion’ in West African nation of Sierra Leone The 24-member Church of Christ in the predominantly Muslim city…
Church members die in Libya plane crash
Norbert and Paula Taferner, longtime church members in South Africa, died in a May 12 plane crash near the Tripoli airport in Libya. The Airbus…
In Latvia, a camp of hope
Janeks Vimbsons grew up an orphan in the former Soviet republic of Latvia. Now he wants to introduce orphans in his home country to the…
Law school grad: ‘Love lifted me’ from the streets to success
EDMOND, Okla. — Born to an alcoholic father and a struggling, uneducated mother, Francis Sosu lived something of a double life. By day, he was…
To give hope, it takes a village
GOMOA FETTEH, Ghana — Roland Bulley and his wife, Gladys, have a big family — 24 children, to be exact.For the past 15 years, the…
Grand ole mess: Tennessee churches, Christian university rally after flood
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In Jesus’ familiar parable, a host demands that his servants search “streets and alleys” for people to serve at a great banquet.…
To recruit students, Christian colleges casting wider nets
YORK, Neb. — At 9 p.m. each Sunday, York College students gather at the campus prayer chapel — a restored white church built in the…
Pepperdine aims to renew, refresh a cappella singing
MALIBU, Calif. — This sun-drenched city on the Pacific coastline is known for sandy beaches, surfboards and stargazing — Hollywood style. It was singing, though,…
INSIDE STORY: Touched by an angel at D.C. congregation
WASHINGTON — There’s an angel singing behind me. I’m sitting on the second row at the 13th Street Church of Christ, a predominantly black congregation…
