Tips for the care and feeding of your domestic missionary
Congratulations! You are the proud owner of a domestic missionary. Now what? Besides providing him and his family with much-needed prayers and financial support, there…
Archive: May 2011
REVIEW: Reese tackles women’s roles with straightforward style
The subject of women’s roles in church can be a lightning-rod issue, perhaps the most hotly debated topic of our day. In the foreword to…
Across the Nation, May 2011
ARKANSAS SEARCY — In 2007, David Mathews, pulpit minister of the Downtown Church of Christ, and his wife, Debbie, were heartbroken as they watched…
Lipscomb’s Mack Wayne Craig dies
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Longtime preacher, educator and historian Mack Wayne Craig died March 1. He was 85. Craig was principal of David Lipscomb High School…
EDITORIAL: Showing love in a land of thorns
Compassion fatigue is understandable as images of unbelievable devastation flash across the screen from Japan.The 9.0-magnitude earthquake that leveled villages and cracked open nuclear reactors…
Partners, May 2011
CAMPUS MINISTRIES GEORGIA CHRISTIAN STUDENT CENTER ATHENS, Ga. — Coffee house/open microphone nights have been a hit for a while at the Georgia Christian Student…
Acappella’s Gary Miller dies at 60
SPRINGVILLE, Tenn. — Church members and fans of a cappella music mourned the loss of Gary Miller, who died March 12 at age 60. He…
Pepperdine remembers Mary Drehsel
MALIBU, Calif. — Mary Drehsel, professor of German and academic coordinator for Pepperdine University’s Heidelberg International Program in Germany, died Feb. 21 after a long…
New England teens make 17-hour trip to Winterfest
PORTLAND, Maine — In New England, Churches of Christ often do not have full-time ministers, much less youth ministers. When Shelly Kellis, a member of…
Newsmakers, May 2011
NAMED: Scott Stumbo, chief financial officer for Arms of Hope, Medina, Texas. Rick Gibson, chief marketing officer, Pepperdine University, Malibu, Calif. Randall Bostic Jr., director…
