Brad Ziegler hit by bat shard, says he’s OK
Brad Ziegler, a member of the East Grand Church of Christ in Springfield, Mo., set a major-league record in 2008 by pitching 39 consecutive scoreless…
Archive: Sep 2010
Arkansas member killed in medical helicopter crash
Kenneth Robertson was a member of the Downtown Church of Christ in Searcy, Ark. Pilot Kenneth Robertson, a member of the Downtown Church of Christ…
Glimpses of heaven — and hell — in Cambodia
A Buddhist temple, or wat, in rural Cambodia near Phnom Penh (Photo by Erik Tryggestad Just after finishing our Global South feature on Cambodia, "Life,…
Five years later, Katrina’s spiritual toll lingers
MANDEVILLE, La. — In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Tammany Oaks Church of Christ organized a mammoth relief effort that encouraged Christians across the…
INSIDE STORY: Five years after Katrina, stories of hope emerge
GULFPORT, Miss. — Dark days followed the storm. “Katrina changed everything,” Les Ferguson Jr. told me. “I mean, it changed everything.” We were eating at…
Charges against Christians dropped in drowning death of minister
Just days after their baptisms, two new Christians in the African nation of Ghana were jailed and charged in the death of the man who…
Life, death and rebirth in The Killing Fields
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Sokhom Hun had every reason not to come back here. His wife, Phaline, echoed that sentiment, telling him over and over,…
Prayers, funds sought for Pakistan flood victims
Hadayat Din asked church members to pray for the people of Pakistan — Christian and Muslim.A month of solid rain has devastated the predominantly Muslim…
Raving for Jesus
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The relationship starts innocently enough. Bible in hand, the new girl at church catches a boy’s attention as the youth group sings…
Not the Big Easy
HARAHAN, La. — New Orleans is not what it seems. That’s the message that Dennis Jones would like to convey to fellow members of Churches…
