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.…
News Archive
A Conversation with Andrew Hairston
Fourth in a SeriesDecades back, the doors were “flat shut,” he said. Now he was an honored guest. Minister of downtown Atlanta’s Simpson Street Church…
Green Lawn settles bus accident lawsuits
Two lawsuits brought against the Green Lawn Church of Christ in Lubbock, Texas, following a church bus accident in 1999 were settled in late May…
Sweet releases missions course, to drop FaithWeaver
Sweet Publishing, 55-year-old church publishing firm, is “changing gears” said President Bill R. New in an April 29 press release. In late March Sweet released…
A conversation with Ferrell Jenkins
JENKINS, 66, is a Bible scholar; organizer of tours to the Middle East, Europe, Africa and the Far East; and an authority on non-institutional Churches…
Africa project demonstrates churches’ outreach
ALBANY, Ga. — About mid-April, police in this southwest Georgia town started asking Muriel Moton when the Africans were coming. Soon, she said. Then she…
‘Miss Polly’ has seen it all in Nashville’s schools
Back in 1946, Polly Sheldon packed up her L.C. Smith typewriter and stepped onto a public bus for a ride to her new job as…
Around the World
Czech Republic Prague Gary and Danita Jackson, missionaries in Moscow, visited Prague in February, discussing challenges of evangelism and leadership training in young churches with…
A Conversation with Abraham Malherbe
MALHERBE HAS BECOME an internationally known New Testament scholar while a professor at Yale and a deeply-involved member of his local congregation of 50. The…
Oklahoma woman finds purpose in double-dose of disaster
WOODWARD, Okla. — Her voice choked with emotion, Avis Duncan shut her eyes tightly, trying to keep a storm of tears from raging.The Fifth Street…
