New & Noteworthy, June 2016
SENIORS MINISTRY Aging Matters R. Paul Stevens. Aging Matters: Finding Your Calling for the Rest of Your Life. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdman’s, 2016. 160 pages.…
Archive: May 2016
Spotlight: 20 years of ministry … and a plane crash
FORT PORTAL, Uganda — A missionary family has endured malaria, persecution and even a plane crash during 20 years of service in this East African…
Partners, June 2016
K-12 CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS GREATER ATLANTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL NORCROSS, Ga. — Packages of toilet paper pile around Greater Atlanta Christian student Kendall Robinson, who welcomes the…
No shoes to fill, but steps to follow
For Arnelious Crenshaw, the time has come to pass the baton. The beloved minister, who has preached for the Northeast Church of Christ in Oklahoma…
Remembering Glover Shipp — a man who ‘broadened and sweetened our world’
Journalist, editor, songwriter, artist, teacher, preacher, personal evangelist, linguist. Visionary. All of these describe our friend Glover Shipp, who served The Christian Chronicle from 1989…
In West Africa, a woman leads in providing Christian education
Patriarchy in an entrenched part of African life. Male children are prized, and women often are shunned if they bear only daughters, writes Godess Bvukutwa,…
Across the Nation, June 2016
ARIZONA TUCSON — A four-hour drive north to an Apache reservation gave teens from Tucson the opportunity to show Christ’s love in a weekend of…
Does ‘turn the other cheek’ apply to a baseball brawl?
ARLINGTON, Texas — "Turn the other cheek" sounds so simple in Sunday morning Bible class. The concept becomes a little more difficult when you're a…
Spotlight: ElderLink links leaders
INDIANAPOLIS — The inaugural ElderLink Midwest — hosted by the North Central Church of Christ — drew 234 attendees. ElderLink, a ministry of Abilene Christian…
Transgender issues: How should Christians respond?
As heated opinions about schools, bathrooms and transgender individuals dominate our social media feeds, how should we respond? Or should we? Those questions face Christians…
