Sometimes cancer is the greatest teacher of a father’s love
Every time my cell phone rings these days, I cringe, especially if I see that it’s my sister calling from Nashville. I was on my…
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Sign of the times in Munday, Texas
Bright white metal surrounds the red letters “Church of Christ,” which contrast boldly against the west Texas sky, advertising the location of the Munday church.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Churches mourn CIA agent killed in Afghanistan
WINFIELD, ALA. — Church members lined their cars bumper-to-bumper in front of the Winfield building to keep television cameras away from the service, which was…
Churches mourn CIA operative killed in Afghanistan
WINFIELD, Ala. — The line of congregants filed into the Winfield Church of Christ Dec. 6, remembering in hushed voices an old friend. 'You know…
Living a life between cultures
At age 19, Heidi Hartman found herself in a foreign country. The daughter of missionaries, she had a hard time adjusting to her new setting…
