Can Churches of Christ reach millennials?
Roslyn Miller’s heritage in Churches of Christ runs deep. However, Reclaimed Church — the congregation she’s helping plant in Orlando, Fla. — is not a mirror…
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‘Paradise is lost,’ but minister and wife escaped deadly wildfire ‘with the clothes on our back’
On Thursday morning, minister Joe Glenn got a call at his Paradise Church of Christ office. A friend in the 50-member Northern California congregation, which…
California fires destroy church building and threaten Pepperdine campus
Raging wildfires in northern California have claimed at least 42 lives and destroyed more than 6,400 structures — including the meeting place of a Church…
After California massacre, sister universities show support for Pepperdine
'To Pepperdine: You are not alone in this tragedy." That's the headline on a staff editorial in The Optimist, the student newspaper at Abilene Christian…
Pepperdine freshman among the dead after California mass shooting
It's been a somber day on the campus of Pepperdine University as students mourn a classmate killed in Wednesday night's mass shooting. Sixteen of the…
Multiple Pepperdine students were at scene of mass shooting in California; conditions unknown
Pepperdine University has determined that multiple students were at a California bar and grill at the time of a mass shooting that left 13 dead,…
‘We come together in grief and outrage’
On Saturday, a man entered a synagogue in Pittsburgh and gunned down people who had gathered to worship. Eleven people lost their lives at the…
18 wheels and a heart to serve
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — In the dark, John Kincaid could see hints of the devastation in this seaside city. The downed tree limbs in every…
Across the Nation: Connecticut ‘kindness challenge,’ Hawaii helpers, California merger and more quick takes
Across the Nation is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ across the U.S. Got an idea for this…
Once-segregated Christian university targets racism with launch of new research center
ABILENE, Texas — In 1960, a professor named Carl Spain delivered an explosive Bible Lectureship sermon that reverberated far beyond what was known then as Abilene…
