EDITORIAL: A legacy to reach the unreached
When Jimmy Judd returned from the Pacific after World War II, his life had changed forever.Serving on the island of Guam, he met a man…
Archive: Aug 2011
Fifty years later, Brazilian Christians honor historic team
Growing up in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in the 1960s, Lou Seckler didn’t have the highest opinions of people from the U.S.“The few Americans I had…
Two major-leaguers with church ties traded at baseball’s non-waiver deadline
Major League Baseball's July 31 non-waiver trading deadline sent two players with Church of Christ ties to contending teams.Houston Astros center fielder Michael Bourn, a…
Across the Nation, August 2011
AMERICAN SAMOA TAFUNA — Church members from this U.S. territory and the mainland attended the sixth annual South Pacific Lectureship, hosted by the Nu’uuli Church…
Despite protest, Marine honored
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kevin Balduf was a senior at David Lipscomb Campus School on Sept. 11, 2001. As students arrived for chapel that day to…
Among ashes, cross remains
MBALE, Uganda — Sparks from an electrical fuse box started a fire in the home of Phillip and Laura Shero, members of a mission team…
Authors urge believers to practice purposeful parenting
While the world clamors for our attention to tasks that we deem “urgent,” three authors remind us of something that’s truly important — our calling…
Mike Nix, minister for 800-member Alabama congregation, dies at age 55
DECATUR, Ala. — Mike Nix, minister for the 800-member Beltline Church of Christ since 1998, died June 25. He was 55. “Our hearts are sad,”…
Partners, August 2011
BIBLE CAMPS ARIZONA CHURCH OF CHRIST BIBLE CAMP TUCSON, Ariz. — Extreme fire dangers that prompted the closing of the Coronado National Forest shut down…
Newsmakers, August 2011
NAMED: Dale Brown to the Board of Regents, Pepperdine University, Malibu, Calif. Brown serves on the board of trustees for The Christian Chronicle. Jada Mincy,…
