A squeaky-voiced, mighty oak falls
Phnom Penh, Cambodia — When I first met Chamnan Rorn on April 20, 2012, I thought my friend Sokhom Hun had lost his mind. Sokhom, a…
International
Amid political violence in Nicaragua, dozens of church groups cancel mission trips
Normally, a team from the Highway Church of Christ in Judsonia, Ark., would be sweating for God in the mountains of Jinotega, Nicaragua. For 15…
Spotlight: Gospel and the art of A/C maintenance
BATTAMBANG, Cambodia — Statues of mythical animals and an ancient king of the Khmer people line the streets of Cambodia’s second-most-populous city. Among its many…
Around the World: Successful Vacation Bible School in India
FEATURE PHOTO (above): About 120 children — from religious backgrounds including Hinduism, Islam and various Christian denominations — learned about Jesus together during a Vacation Bible School…
In Haiti, a calling — and a baby
TITANYEN, Haiti — Ten days after Jason and Jennifer Carroll began Christian missionary work in this Caribbean island nation in 2014, they got an unexpected…
1,000 wells around the world
AKDESÉ, Haiti — In this remote mountain village, water gushes from a well drilled by Healing Hands International. As one woman pumps the handle, another gleefully…
For Korea, ‘God has a timetable’
Will it happen or not? When will it happen? And if it does happen, will anything change? Christians on the Korean peninsula waver between oh-so-cautious…
Online learning, old school
PRETORIA, South Africa — This isn’t Wakanda, the dazzling, high-tech African kingdom depicted in the blockbuster film “Black Panther.” But Pretoria is, nonetheless, an ever-modernizing metropolis,…
Around the World: New life and big crowds in central Africa
FEATURE PHOTO (above): In the central African town of Dona Manga, Chad, villagers witness one of 26 baptisms during a recent, two-day gospel meeting. Steve Worley,…
Spotlight: A rut-less church in South America
SANTIAGO, Chile — Churches of Christ can easily fall into a “rut,” said Bob Young. The Oklahoma minister and missions consultant to Spanish-speaking nations has…
