Video: Sunday worship in South Sudan
One of the most memorable experiences from my trip to South Sudan was Sunday worship with a Church of Christ in the rural village of…
Archive: Jul 2011
In Haiti, ‘lives are improving, leaders are emerging’
Haitian Christian Musset Fils-Aime is an engineering student at Oklahoma Christian University. (Photo by Erik Tryggestad) Blogging live from Oklahoma City"Rebuilding and Sharing Hope"…
Dojos and devastation: Japanese are noticing churches’ aid
Blogging live from Vancouver, British Columbia I'm in the Vancouver airport on my way home from Tokyo. I spent a week with a mission team…
It takes a village: After years of building trust, Christians win souls among Panama’s Kuna people
IPETI KUNA, Panama — Women in this tiny Central American village put on their Sunday best — blouses of brilliant purples and blues, skirts with…
INSIDE STORY: Why it takes a church family to raise a child
My 17-year-old son, Brady, and I celebrated his high school graduation by making a three-hour drive down Interstate 35 and going to see our beloved…
Preacher’s wife survives deadly Joplin, Mo., tornado
For three hours after a massive tornado ripped through Joplin, Mo., on May 22, Kim Spink was missing.Spink, wife of Greg Spink, minister for the…
Wanted: Leaders for Latin America
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Juan Jose Flores could’ve picked a more upbeat topic for a devotional.Addressing nearly 200 church members at the Baxter Institute, the minister…
Congregations pay tribute to the Class of 2011
Baby picture displays. Bible presentations. Banquets after Sunday services. It’s the time of year when many Churches of Christ across the nation recognize graduating seniors.…
Back to Bolivia: Missionary returns after cancer surgery
Jenny Reyes is thankful to God for the Christians who rallied around her as she battled liposarcoma, a malignant tumor in her left leg. Reyes…
Partners, July 2011
BIBLE CAMPS GANDER BROOK CHRISTIAN CAMP RAYMOND, Maine — The newly created Gander Brook Center for Church Leadership will aim to address “an alarming lack…
