Minister, writer, TV host Efrain Valverde dies after battle with cancer (Updated)
Efrain Valverde speaks during an episode of "Con La Biblia Abierta." (Photo via YouTube) Update: Rex Morgan wrote a brief tribute to Efrain Valverde. (See…
Archive: Sep 2011
U.S. ambassador views mission team’s work in Zambia
Mark C. Storella, U.S. ambassador to Zambia, tries out a bicycle-powered water-well pump at the Mumena Christian Outreach Center. (Photo provided) U.S. ambassador to Zambia…
Video: ‘Project Mayhem’ stars Bible faculty at Oklahoma Christian University
The Bible faculty at Oklahoma Christian University is, um, at it again with this First Week Follies video, featuring a cameo appearance by President Mike…
Play ball: Travels bring ballpark fun, fellowship
‘"People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait…
Children search the Scriptures in Peru
LIMA, Peru — Children line the pews with Bibles and notebooks at the Montecarlo Church of Christ in Lima, Peru. The church celebrated its 12th…
Across the Nation, September 2011
ARKANSAS JONESBORO — A video on the Southwest Church of Christ’s website aims to dispel a lot of the excuses people have for not coming…
Angola at last: Mission team arrives in African nation
LUANDA, Angola — Nine years ago, this southern African nation declared peace after a 27-year civil war that claimed more than 300,000 lives. That same…
World Cup win gives hope to Japanese — and U.S. — Christians
MITO, Japan — Though she was rooting for the United States women’s soccer team in the recent World Cup finals, Staci Maloney can’t help but…
EDITORIAL: Lighting a fire under pew warmers
Many Christians never seem to contribute much at all — in time, sweat or money — to the work of the body. Pew warmers, we…
New and Noteworthy, September 2011
MINISTRY Brian Simmons. Wandering in the Wilderness: Changes and Challenges to Emerging Adults’ Christian Faith. Abilene, Texas: ACU Press, 2011. 176 pages. $14.99.Surveying research on…
