‘Daddy, it’s all right. I’ll see you a little later’
TERRELL, Texas — Jack Evans Jr. rose from his seat on the front row of the Graham-Kennedy-Farmer Auditorium at Southwestern Christian College. Dressed in a…
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Tex Williams, longtime missionary and World Bible School president, dies at 91
Robert Harold Williams, known among Churches of Christ worldwide as "Tex," died Wednesday afternoon. He was 91. For nearly two decades, Williams served as president…
Five facts about Jim Gash, Pepperdine University’s new president
MALIBU, Calif. — Jim Gash was inaugurated this fall as Pepperdine University's eighth president. Here are five facts about him: 1. He grew up in…
Cliff Ganus, former Harding president, longtime preacher and globe trekker, dies at 97
His passport looked like a pocket-size New Testament, thick with additional, sewn-in pages filled with stamps from around the globe. “I’ve been to 115 countries.…
Crowley’s Ridge names Johnson as next president
PARAGOULD, Ark. — Crowley’s Ridge College has named Richard Johnson, as its next president, effective Jan. 1. Johnson, the college’s current vice president for advancement,…
Church growth expert Flavil Yeakley Jr. has died at age 85, his family reports
Flavil Yeakley Jr., retired director of the Harding Center for Church Growth in Searcy, Ark., has died, his family reports. He was 85. Yeakley was…
There’s a divide in the church: This minister wants to bridge it
ST. LOUIS — Carlus D. Page sees a divide in the church — a generational one — and wants to bridge it. Page, 35, serves…
At 87, ‘disaster deacon’ opens his heart — and church — to flooding victims
TULSA, Okla. — Oh, Kenneth Hearrell has stories to tell. About how he rode a horse five miles to his two-room schoolhouse from first through…
To Botham Jean’s parents, fatal shooting still feels ‘as if it just happened’
DALLAS — The nightmare never goes away. Almost nine months have passed since Amber Guyger, an off-duty Dallas police officer still in uniform, entered Botham…
Church member, strawberry farmer Kason Lester gets golden ticket on ‘American Idol’
Should a Christ-follower resort to bribery to get the judges' attention on "American Idol?" Evidently that's not against the rules on the popular reality show/singing…
