Youth in Action fills New Orleans suburb with hope, help
CHALMETTE, LA — Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath beat up this community east of New Orleans. For weeks, as much as 12 feet of water…
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Some ministers leaving well-known congregations to start from scratch
Preachers jest that when contacted by a larger congregation offering a better salary, they say to their wives, “You pray while I pack.” In many…
Across the nation: MIT hires its first chaplain
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Robert M. Randolph, longtime minister at the Brookline church, will serve starting Jan. 1 as the first chaplain of the Massachusetts Institute…
Houseparents find satisfaction in anything-but-glamorous work
PLEASANT PLAIN, OHIO — Twenty years ago, Faye Fuqua felt God nudging her toward the Mid-Western Children's Home near Cincinnati.Her husband, Denny, had just left…
A tearful sendoff for Czech missionary team
Greg Dunseath says goodbye to his daughter Sarah Beall as she departs Little Rock, Ark., with her husband, Josh, for mission work in the Czech…
Making a pizza to demonstrate the proper way to pray
Laura Day, left, flips dough in the air as Audrey Stevens watches at a Daughters of the King retreat attended by more than 400 middle…
Ministry cares for children and seeks to ‘reunite families’
Seven-year-old Jewel Mejia, right, and Trinity Williams, 5, play at Sunny Glen Children's Home in San Benito, Teas. Mejia, who lived in a group home…
Across the nation: He’s in ‘God’s Hall of Fame’
ARKANSASJUDSONIA John L. Kachelman Jr., minister of the Judsonia church, spoke at a U.S. State Department conference Oct. 6 on small organizations that ship containers…
As election nears, members vary on meaning of ‘values voter’
What matters most on Election Day?To many Church of Christ members, it’s the nation’s moral fabric. “Righteousness exalts a nation,” said Don Selvidge, part-time minister…
Sept. 11 victim’s wife, daughters mark fifth anniversary
Deena Burnett, wife of Pepperdine University alumnus Tom Burnett, and her daughters lay a wreath of remembrance near the edge of the Heroes Garden reflection…
