Yellowstone’s Golden Age Camp offers sweet fellowship, inspiration
PRAY, Mont. — The speaker concluded his final lesson about living by faith with the words from Hebrews 12: “Let us run with perseverance the…
Archive: Nov 2011
Children fly high at Christian school in Ghana
Airplanes rarely fly over the remote West African village of Sefwi-Debiso, Ghana, and few children there ever consider careers in aviation. That changed when Willette…
Healing a wounded town
ALSEA, Ore. — At the little white church off the two-lane blacktop, the front door stays unlocked all the time — just in case a…
As bus wheels roll, Florida church shares Jesus
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — On a summer night, the church bus departed for the impoverished neighborhoods of this Miami suburb and nearby Florida City. Children ran…
Across the Nation, November 2011
MICHIGAN WHITE PIGEON — Family and friends of U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jonathan Edds recently gathered in his hometown of White Pigeon to commemorate his…
EDITORIAL: The church’s role in suicide prevention
In South Carolina, a distraught campus ministry student texted classmates and informed them of his plans to kill himself. A minister rushed to the student’s…
Partners, November 2011
HIGHER EDUCATION NATIONSUNIVERSITY BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — NationsUniversity, a church-supported distance-learning program that offers academic degrees in religious studies, recently reached an enrollment of 5,006 students.…
In nation’s capital, Christians ‘Crusade’
WASHINGTON — The Washington Hilton has hosted many presidents and political elites, but the sight of a baptismal pool and the sound of a cappella…
REVIEW: Essay collection dips into baptism beliefs
Baptism as a vital part of salvation has been — and remains — a distinguishing feature of Churches of Christ. Many church members might be…
Team of 99 Christians serves 900 children
A team of 99 church members, ranging from 13 to 81 years old and representing congregations in Texas, Kentucky, Ohio and New Mexico, participated in…
