How a grassroots ministry to Afghan refugees ‘snowballed’ into something big
SAN ANTONIO — Dan and Mary Huber were stuffed. They couldn’t eat any more. Or so they told their friends — an Afghan refugee family that…
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They were the foreigners
OKLAHOMA CITY — In the late 1980s, as four buddies neared graduation from Oklahoma Christian University, they talked about moving around the globe. Their hearts told…
Sharing love — and Christ — with refugees
OKLAHOMA CITY — The chaos at the end of a long war. The frenzy to leave a troubled homeland. The challenge of a new and different…
South Carolina church develops local preachers
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — “When I grow up, I want to be a preacher.” These words, from 9-year-old Trent Lester, are common in the Myrtle…
Fred Gray receives top award from American Bar Association
Fred Gray — a renowned civil rights attorney, longtime minister and elder of the Tuskegee Church of Christ in Alabama — recently received the American…
Maui church houses evacuees, helps with relief after deadly wildfires
The Maui Church of Christ in Waihee, Hawaii, is housing evacuees and helping distribute emergency supplies after deadly wildfires on the island of Maui. “We…
Team devotional leads 37 Faulkner University athletes to baptism
Less than a week after arriving on campus for the fall semester, 37 young athletes from the Faulkner University Eagles football team were baptized following…
Two people fell in love and share a legacy of faith
Just three days after she turned 17, the bride wore a simple white gown that her mother made. She was so nervous that she gashed…
Kerusso Experience trains high schoolers to fill empty pulpits
SEARCY, Ark. — A whiteboard in the McInteer Bible and World Missions Center at Harding University read, “Jesus loves you, this I know. So does your…
Bicultural teens enjoy unity at camp
LUBBOCK, Texas — The late-morning temperature was 101, and shade was scarce. But the 100 or so teenagers and young adults attending Jóvenes for Christ…
