Dialogue: A conversation with Carol Gafford
OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — DRAWING KIDS TO THE STORY is a key goal for Gafford, children's minister for the Overland Park, Kan., church. Tell me…
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Five years later, minister remembers Ground Zero
The experience has made him more sensitive to people dealing with smaller-scale, personal disasters.“Because we witness these sorts of disasters so frequently, we’ve become somewhat…
Newsmakers: September 2006
AWARDED: Doc Cornutt, elder of the Skillman church, Dallas, the Distinguished Alumni Citation by Abilene Christian University. Jerry and Lori Rushford, the Barnabas Award by…
Miss America relies on faith, prayer to help deal with demanding schedule
OKLAHOMA CITY — “I don’t know how I would be coping with the demands of being Miss America if I didn’t have the support of…
Obituaries: September 2006
Margaret Cook Margaret Jean Renick Cook, 74, died June 10. Born in Ardmore, Okla., she taught school in Sherman, Texas, focusing on children with learning…
Doors: Opportunities to assist
Belize Belize Mission requests gently used tennis shoes for inmates at prisons in this Central American country. Ministers and missionaries conduct Bible studies with the…
At some churches, JOY buses still drive kids to Sunday school
MESQUITE, TEXAS — A banana-hued bus with brown stripes stutters to a stop at an apartment complex. The singing and laughing drown out the diesel…
Courage under fire
CLINTON, Mo. — By early May, when he set out on a mission south of Baghdad, Army Spc. Chris Rutter had become accustomed to the…
New and Noteworthy – September 2006
Featured this month: Churches of Christ During the Civil War Evangelicalism and the Stone-Campbell Movement The Backward Life: In Pursuit of an Uncommon Faith Together…
Katrina survivors see books as way to share message
As Hurricane Katrina survivors know, there is a great desire to know the presence of God in the midst of tragedy. For many people, natural…
