Around the World: A baptism in ‘the hidden paradise’ of the South Pacific
FEATURE PHOTO (above): Members of the Nabouwalu Church of Christ in the South Pacific nation of Fiji sing hymns as minister Bobby Whippy baptizes a…
People
‘We do not go to church anymore’
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — ‘I don’t know how they can ever fire me now,” Joey Spann said of his church. “I mean, how could they tell me I…
Around the World: Helping widows and orphans, corn pays tuition, and Christian women meet in the UK
FEATURED IMAGE (above): As students take exams, a lone chicken strolls through the Rwenzori School of Preaching in Kasase, Uganda. UGANDA KASAE — Minister Justin Hopkins…
Newsmakers, July 2018
AWARDED Michael Benavides, a member of the West Huntsville Church of Christ in Alabama, the Mr. and Mrs. Lee Holder Memorial FHU Bible Scholarship for…
Mourning a man who made words dance
Maybe that’s enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom ... is…
Breaking the sound barrier
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. — "It’s a story I want to shout from the mountaintops,” says Poppy O’Guin Steele, an advocate for a multitude of Middle Tennessee children…
A squeaky-voiced, mighty oak falls
Phnom Penh, Cambodia — When I first met Chamnan Rorn on April 20, 2012, I thought my friend Sokhom Hun had lost his mind. Sokhom, a…
In Haiti, a calling — and a baby
TITANYEN, Haiti — Ten days after Jason and Jennifer Carroll began Christian missionary work in this Caribbean island nation in 2014, they got an unexpected…
Newsmakers, May 2018
HONORED Lori Hadley, lower school principal at Mount Dora Christian Academy in Florida, as Educator of the Year by the National Christian School Association. This…
Remembering two missionaries to Japan — and praying for new ones to follow
Joe Betts baptized me in the Pacific Ocean in 1982. The waves were pretty high because of a typhoon, and Mr. Betts almost lost me…
