Perhaps, just perhaps, church is growing again
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Although the listings in Churches of Christ in the United States don’t represent “the lamb’s book of life,” as compiler Mac Lynn…
News Archive
A Conversation with Akira Hirose
Akira Hirose grew up in the “Bible belt” of Japan, the Ibaraki Prefecture. At age 18 he heard veteran missionary Joe Canon preach during a…
Women explore ministry in new book
Billie Silvey, Editor. Trusting Women: The Way of Women in Churches of Christ. Orange, Calif.: New Leaf, 2002. 224 pages; $14.95; ISBN 0-9714289-2-1; (877) 634-6004.Many…
‘Steeeeeeeeerike three! Lackey sits ‘em down!’
Abilene, Texas, native John Lackey leads the Anaheim Angels to victory in Game 7 of the World Series Oct. 27. Lackey and his sister, Sarah,…
The currency of a bigger world
Stanley Shipp, a pioneer of international and domestic missions, died Aug. 25 in an automobile wreck in Abilene. Shipp often handed coins to students in…
Uganda churches burned during attack on refugee camp
Fleeing a civil war in their homeland, people from the African nation of Sudan sought refuge in neighboring Uganda. Instead, they found themselves in the…
Kaladze is mother to Russia’s street children
MOLODOZHNOE, Russia — They’re just like any other teens. The girls huddle in corners and talk about boys, occasionally giving them a shy glance and…
Will ‘Jabulani’ define missions in a new era?
DALLAS — When Dennis Okoth came to America last month, he brought a spiritual legacy full circle. Okoth, a young Kenyan evangelist, was part of…
A conversation with Behailu Abebe
Behailu Abebe is a study in indigenous leadership. Converted to Christianity in June 1964, Abebe, a member of an aristocratic family and son of a…
Obituaries
Mana Barker Mana Barker died June 15, just short of her 100th birthday, in Santa Rosa, Calif. She was born Aug. 27, 1902, in Georgia.…
