Predisan turns 20
THE MEDICAL MISSION, launched by Dr. Robert Clark in 1986, treats thousands of patients each year through its clinics, substance abuse program and community health…
International
Sewing threads, sowing seeds
In rural India, one of the greatest gifts a young woman can receive is a sewing machine — and the skills to use it. “It's…
Member trapped by Montreal school shooting
MONTREAL, CANADA — “I had to walk four blocks from the school in order to get reception onmy phone to call my parents since the…
Myspace and Ministry
“What is this thing called, Myspace?” a parent asked sincerely. Not really an atypical question these days in youth ministry. The adolescent culture and the…
Spotlight: Lights, tiles and growth
ALBANIA TIRANA Church members hosted a ground-breaking — actually, it was a tile-breaking — for a reconstruction project that will provide a facility for several…
Russian composer brings songs of faith to the U.S.
Russian musician and composer Konstantin Zhigulin will tour the United States in September. His a cappella Spiritual Music Ensemble will sing original hymns, in English,…
1967: War in the Middle East Ejects Missionaries
ROME, ITALY — EDITOR'S NOTE: Lane Cubstead served as managing editor for The Christian Chronicle from 1958 to 1966. He then joined the U.S. Foreign…
Around the World: Preachers of the Caribbean, savvy?
Dominica, where Capt. Jack Sparrow fled from angry islanders in the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie, was the setting for the 36th Caribbean Lectureship.…
Church members gather in American Samoa for first South Pacific lectures
TAFUNA, AMERICAN SAMOA — Churches in the territory of American Samoa participated in the first South Pacific Lectureship, which brought about 110 church members to…
Couple’s narrow escape heightens missions concerns
After a missionary couple is robbed at gunpoint in Honduras, missions groups call for caution but urge church members not to give up on Central…
