For Churches of Christ in Spain, Venezuela quakes strike close to home
MADRID — Juan Lázaro had already prepared his Sunday message when back-to-back earthquakes devastated Venezuela. So the elder of the Church of Christ on Teruel…
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Heart attack claims life of minister serving earthquake victims in Venezuela
The back-to-back earthquakes that devastated Venezuela last week keep claiming lives — even among those rendering aid to victims. Joaquín Rodríguez, a minister and one…
A Big Easy Sunday
NEW ORLEANS — It wasn’t one of those side hugs, a “Hi, nice to meet you” hug. When I walked into the Hollygrove Church of…
Getting out of the spiritual rut
We all know about the rut — the one that we who have been Christians for quite some time can get into. The one where…
Venezuela earthquakes claim lives of church members
Members of Churches of Christ are among those lost in a series of earthquakes that shook the South American nation of Venezuela Wednesday. “It’s a…
A voice tested by faith
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Mark Adams stood in his office at the Tusculum Church of Christ, quietly rehearsing vocal exercises as worship hymns echoed from the…
Katrina survivors launch an inner-city summer camp
NEW ORLEANS — Willie Marsalis remembers the night he and his parents spent camping on a crowded bridge, surrounded by the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina,…
Church helps homeless son of late Yankees TV cameraman
HOUSTON — When Maurice Costabile first showed up at a Houston church a few years ago, members had no clue his late father, Duilio, was a…
Three minutes that saved a life
CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — Wednesday night Bible class at the Central Church of Christ recently turned into a life-or-death emergency as 64-year-old Keith Braud suffered cardiac…
‘Cancer can be a ministry’
DICKSON, TENN. — The sound of victory echoed throughout the halls of Nashville’s Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center on May 7 as Chris McCurley pulled the rope…
