‘There is a church here, and you are welcome’
Åkersberga, Sweden — "Just send someone to help.” It’s a prayer George Opoku sends up continually. “I’m not asking for money,” said Opoku, who…
International
Around the World, December 2019
Featured photo (above): With the majestic Mayon Volcano as their backdrop, three young men give their lives to Christ. The baptisms are part of a church-planting…
Love in three languages
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The hymns were familiar, even if all the words were not. At an areawide assembly hosted by the Northland Church of Christ,…
Around the World, November 2019
Featured photo (above): In the East African nation of Uganda, people in the Palabek settlement camp are learning about Jesus through World Bible School. Minister…
Minister dies after contracting rare virus from a mosquito
When Keith Ball left for India earlier this month, his family never imagined that they wouldn't see him again. Ball, minister for the Delaware Church…
Adapt or die?
Adapt to the culture you’re serving, but not in a way that compromises the truth of the Gospel. For centuries, that was the challenge for…
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…
From global justice champion to Christian university president
MALIBU, Calif. — A few hours after Jim Gash’s inauguration this fall as Pepperdine University’s eighth president, his wife, Joline, showed up at her husband’s…
Guilty and forgiven
SEARCY, Ark. — A stunned silence fell over the daily chapel service at Harding University, where police shooting victim Botham Shem Jean, 26, earned his…
Roundup: Sex abuse in the church, justice for Botham Jean, Ukraine meeting and more
Our end-of-the-week review of important and/or simply interesting headlines from the world of religion. Got a tip for this column? Email Editor-in-Chief Bobby Ross Jr.…
