Around the World: Wheels for Ghanan preachers, a journey from the streets to college and more quick takes
Around the World is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ all over the globe. Got an idea for…
International
Indonesia’s Christian island
GUNUNGSITOLI, INDONESIA — A mangled, rusty bicycle stands as a memorial outside the Nias Heritage Museum. Behind it, two colorful concrete signs bear two terrible…
Cambodia: Worshiping in ‘The Eyes of God’
PREAH NETR PREAH, CAMBODIA — On Sunday, Cambodians and Americans gathered under tents to worship together in “The Eyes of God.” That's a literal translation…
Christians, Muslims serve children orphaned by terror
POTUKI, NIGERIA — Boys and girls clambered around a white van. They clung to the windows and crowded the open doors as Hope Springs International…
Missionaries from Latin America, to Latin America
MARIANO ROQUE ALONSO, PARAGUAY — Winning souls for Christ in Nicaragua was tough, César Gadea said. “But it’s tougher here,” he added. The 45-year-old minister…
Around the World: Knife attack in Croatia, a Gospel Chariot in Mexico and more quick takes
Around the World is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ all over the globe. Got an idea for…
Around the World: Flooding in Thailand, Sukkot celebrations in Israel and more quick takes
Around the World is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ all over the globe. Got an idea for…
A medical mission to ‘the hub of Boko Haram’
DONGOL, NIGERIA — Stepping through stalks of sorghum, a woman carried her elderly mother-in-law to a makeshift clinic set up between fields. As a small…
A protest of bears
WASHINGTON — Six hundred white and brown teddy bears — many holding small blue-and-yellow flags — sat in symmetrical rows near the Washington Monument, the…
Faith and friendship: Behind the scenes of a Ukrainian/American Thanksgiving
HOUSTON — Finally, I scooped David Duncan — and with news involving his own church. Duncan, who preaches for the 1,000-member Memorial Church of Christ in this…
