Afghan mission becomes a race to save lives
For 13 years, retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John Bradley and his wife, Jan, built schools and hospitals to improve the lives of Afghans.…
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John and Jan Bradley devote more than a decade to helping Afghans
The Afghan children call him “Grandpa.” Longtime minister Ken Durham prefers “Top Gun.” At least that’s how he describes his friend, retired Air Force Lt.…
‘We brought the church with us’
ADDISON, Texas — “It’s unlike any other mission team that has ever existed or will ever exist again.” Caroline John used those words to describe…
Centennial celebration: ‘Great Songs of the Church’ marks 100 years of influence
ABILENE, Texas — Each summer, Levi Sisemore enjoys a spiritual mountaintop experience in flat, dry West Texas. For Sisemore, the annual Texas Normal Singing School…
Can America be saved? Yes, say these Christians
ROME, Ga. — Julie Trujillo has traveled to Honduras and Peru to help with medical missions. She has flown to Panama to evangelize. The 45-year-old…
How a little Christian university helped the Bucks win the NBA title
The Milwaukee Bucks won the team's first NBA championship in 50 years Tuesday night. Rochester University — a small Christian college in Michigan that is…
Dedicated to the incarcerated
BATON ROUGE, La. — Over four decades, the inmates of the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women have counted on Glenda Tate. Tate, 73, began volunteering…
At Tulsa massacre’s centennial, two Oklahoma churches focus on racial unity
BROKEN ARROW, Okla. — At the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, two preachers — one Black, one White — stand on stage at…
Christian faith drives two leading advocates of Tulsa Race Massacre justice
TULSA, Okla. — Two weeks after her 107th birthday, Viola Fletcher traveled to Washington, D.C., this month to tell a congressional subcommittee what happened to her…
‘A beautiful example’
Sixteen-year-old Fern Kerbo didn’t know she was being watched. But as she walked across the Centralvue High School gym in Oklahoma one afternoon in 1945,…
