An ‘uncleansed’ widow gets a new home — and hope
"Mama Bonyo," as she's called, had resigned herself to a life of homelessness and poverty. A widow for 10 years in a rural village of…
Archive: Jun 2014
In nation’s top mission field, creating better fellowship
TAUNTON, Mass. — As Maurice Davis points out, Massachusetts — one of the nation’s least religious states — is a mission field. In fact, none…
America’s biggest mission fields
The Christian Chronicle compared the number of adherents (members plus children) of Churches of Christ in each state with that state’s total population. This analysis…
California fires, October 2007
Volunteers with relief ministries associated with Churches of Christ survey the fire damage in a community near San Diego in 2007. (PHOTO BY ERIK TRYGGESTAD)…
Hurricane Katrina, August 2005
Kevin Rolling, left, a member of the Tammany Oaks Church of Christ in Mandeville, La., offers help to a man whose home sustained severe damage…
Joplin, Mo., tornado, May 2011
Aftermath of the Joplin tornado, near the meeting place of the 26th and Connecticut Church of Christ. (PHOTO BY ERIK TRYGGESTAD) WHAT HAPPENED: A mile-wide…
Hurricane Sandy, October 2012
Volunteers from the Long Island Church of Christ in Central Islip, N.Y., help distribute relief to the Far Rockaways after Hurricane Sandy. (PHOTO BY REBECCA…
Southeast tornadoes, April 2011
A tornado destroyed the meeting place of the Central Church of Christ in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (PHOTO PROVIDED) WHAT HAPPENED: A storm system produced more than…
What helped — and what didn’t
Cars navigate flooded streets in Nashville, Tenn., after record rainfall overflowed a river in 2010. (PHOTO BY TED PARKS) Tennessee floods, May 2010 WHAT HAPPENED:…
After the disaster: Family that survived killer tornado gives advice — and Bibles
After a weekly devotional, participants depart from the rebuilt home of Jason and Kala Leger and their four children. (PHOTO BY ERIK TRYGGESTAD) NEWCASTLE,…
