The wide world of VBS
From Happy, Texas, to Cap Haitien, Haiti, children spend a few days each summer getting ‘wrapped up, tied up, tangled up in Jesus’ during Vacation…
Archive: Jul 2017
Editorial: You have blessed us
Thank you, Christian Chronicle readers! The Lord has touched your hearts to respond to our urgent need by giving generously. We are very grateful! Many…
‘The little movement that makes a radical difference’
The mission trip almost didn’t happen. After 10 years of serving street children in Siem Reap, Cambodia through an annual event called Angkor of Faith,…
Paint, sweat and love
WICHITA, Kan. — In Kansas’ most populated city, Christians celebrated 10 years of gutter cleaning, paint scraping, dead shrubbery pulling and profuse sweating. They celebrated…
More than painting by the numbers
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — It’s been a tough year for Elizabeth Carro. After losing her husband and her mother, she didn’t worry much about the state of…
Work camp brings unity, sympathy and praise
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Sacrificial love is a key to overcoming the challenges of this life. That’s what I believe. That’s what I preach. But sometimes we…
A pioneering VBS
PADUCAH, Ky. — ‘We’ve got spirit!” Mark Rowe, minister for the Ninth Street Church of Christ, winds up to take a shot at the dunking booth.…
Voices only: ‘The Lord Bless You and Keep You’
OKLAHOMA CITY — Welcome to Voices only, your weekly dose of a cappella. The 2017 Global Reunion just wrapped up here on the campus of…
Around the World, August 2017
BRAZIL SÃO PAULO — God, marriage and family, then ministry. Those are the priorities for church leaders around the globe. Heiderich“However, internal and external pressures…
Home again — and far from home
Jesus’ last words to his disciples, “You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the…
