Spotlight: Know-it-all on a mission
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA — The first time he met Sue Ann Mak in 2000 “she seemed like a 16-year-old know-it-all,” said missionary Robert Reagan. November…
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Wilma and Beta bring more woes to waterlogged church members in Central America
Churches in Nicaragua plan aid for regions affected by Hurricane Beta and a 'rat invasion'; Church members still without power in Mexico after Hurricane Wilma.…
Sharing space and saltines, Cozumel church helps Wilma’s victims
As Hurricane Wilma pounded Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, more than 130 people huddled inside the Cozumel church building, with little food and supplies. “It seemed she…
Minister recounts survival in Liberia’s ‘valley of death’
MONROVIA, Liberia — Like many Liberians, David Kolleh remembers a time when he looked at the dead bodies of his people with a sense of…
Whacking a pinata in Papua New Guinea
Marcus and Diane Reese served their guests a rich cultural stew recently in the South Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea. The missionaries hosted a…
‘Christ’ in Christmas?: Churches of Christ and the holiday season
For many members of Churches of Christ, Christmas once meant decorated trees, colorfully wrapped gifts and Santa Clauses all around — but definitely no mention…
Around the world: After the tsunami, new life abounds in southern Asia
DELORAINE, AUSTRALIA — Converts pray during a baptism ceremony in Nias, Indonesia. Since the Dec. 26 tsunami and a March earthquake claimed lives and destroyed…
Across the nation
FLORENCE, ALABAMA — Sue Fuson, a member of the Rochester church, Rochester Hills, Mich., shows off some of the more than 1,400 Christmas stockings she…
Thriving congregation finds ways to expand outside Bible Belt, inside Beltway
FAIRFAX, Va. — Now you see them. Now you don’t. Every minute or two, the Metro trains that zip commuters to the nation’s capital 20…
Bullets, record rainfall fail to deter churches in Central African Republic
Years of political instability, followed by eight weeks of near-continuous rain, have made life difficult for church members in the Central African Republic. "Brethren are…
