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…
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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.…
Church members meet with Ukrainian president
Christians who have dedicated their lives to serving orphans and at-risk children had the ear of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday. Andrew and Jenny…
Around the World, October 2019
Featured photo (above): Children at a park in Bristol, England, learn the story of Joseph — as told by puppets from a 25-foot-high pyramid. “Although…
Is socialism to blame?
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Don’t preach to Gabriel Damalis about the virtues of socialism. “Personally, I don’t like socialism,” he says, “because I lived it.…
‘They’re very close to God’
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The stories aren’t nearly as chilling as the way they’re told: “I had a revolver pointed at my face — twice,” says…
