Missionary strives to bring light to French world
TCHAADA, Benin — "Our God is stronger than the god of Americans.” George Akpabli utters the words as a prayer while seated alongside his African…
Archive: Sep 2013
Baseball fan’s orange T-shirt is for the Birds
BALTIMORE — Steve Mahoney, who preaches for the Newark Church of Christ in Delaware, loves baseball. More specifically, he loves the Baltimore Orioles. Ask him…
Homosexuality and the church
SAN ANTONIO — NBA player Jason Collins comes out as gay and makes the cover of Sports Illustrated. The Boy Scouts of America votes to…
For a Nicaraguan church, a revival
MASAYA, Nicaragua — The front door of the Sacuanjoche Church of Christ swings open, and children — 260 of them — stream out of a…
MAP: L’Afrique française (French Africa)
Inset Many of the independent nations of West Africa once were possessions of France (though several changed hands among colonial powers, including Britain and Germany).…
Newsmakers, September 2013
NAMED: York College welcomes three new faculty members: Jennifer Dutch, assistant professor and chair of the English department; Milton Eckhart to the natural sciences department;…
Escape from Mount Doom
AFRICAN CHRISTIANS plant churches, flee violence in troubled Congo.Welcome to Mordor.Ten miles north of Goma, a city on the eastern edge of the massive Democratic…
A Conversation with Calvin H. Bowers
LONGTIME LOS ANGELES minister, educator and author discusses race relations and challenges facing Churches of Christ. Calvin H. Bowers has served as a minister, college…
Christian History magazine puts a focus on Stone-Campbell Movement
The latest issue of Christian History magazine puts a focus on the Stone-Campbell Movement, also known as the Restoration Movement: In this issue of Christian…
Partners, September 2013
CAMPUS MINISTRY GATORS FOR CHRIST GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Gators for Christ members build wheelchair ramps as part of monthly service projects. The University of Florida…
