EDITORIAL: Keeping millennials in the church
We have, it seems, evolved into a nation of “Nones” — folks with no religious ties and little interest in organized faith. One-fifth of Americans…
Archive: Mar 2013
Newsmakers, March 2013
NAMED: Dennis Itson, Hero of Hope by the American Cancer Society. Itson, an eight-year cancer survivor, works for Faulkner University in Montgomery, Ala. Wayne Scott,…
Teddy bears show love to Newtown
JONESBORO, Ark. — Meagan Cremeens, a member of the Southwest Church of Christ, was a Westside Elementary School student when a massacre at nearby Westside…
Grace Farrar, pioneering medical missionary to Nigeria, dies at 88
LEBANON, Tenn. — Grace Farrar, a medical missionary to the West African nation of Nigeria, died Jan. 11 in an auto accident in Tennessee. She…
As churches soar in Indonesia, U.S. Christians ponder future
GUNUNG SITOLI, Indonesia — Dennis Cady knows of mission works that, five or 10 years after the missionary leaves the field, have few remaining converts…
Around the World, March 2013
HONDURAS TEGUCIGALPA —Teams from the Mateo Church of Christ celebrate their victories during a recent “futbol,” or soccer, tournament in the Central American nation of…
‘Fixing our eyes on Jesus’
NIAS, Indonesia — The people of Nias, an island of Indonesia devastated by the 2004 South Asian tsunami, have a clearer vision of their future.Surgeons…
‘A song in my heart’
TUBUNGU, Swaziland — When Joan Cheptot came to this tiny country in southern Africa, she already was a preacher’s wife, mother and educator. She had…
Jase Robertson baptizes ‘Duck Dynasty’ fan: Finding faith in an unlikely place
When Brandon Hooks’ mother introduced him to “Duck Dynasty,” he found the A&E reality series funny and entertaining.But he did not expect a television show…
