Missouri couple escape armed gunmen after hijacking on Honduras mission trip
“They were going to shoot us.” Kathleen Reiboldt was certain of it. The mother of three and grandmother of seven faced a group of armed…
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At 100-year anniversary of split, ministers exchange Bibles at convention
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Jeff Walling blinked back tears as he held out his worn personal Bible — the one his 89-year-old mother, Mildred, gave him…
Ex-Army private implicated in rape, killings has church ties
On a Sunday afternoon in March 2005, 166 soldiers gathered for a worship service at Soldiers Chapel at Fort Benning, Ga. After Church of Christ…
Winkler posts bond, released from jail pending trial
SELMER, TENN — Mary Winkler, the minister's wife charged with slaying her husband, posted bond Aug. 15 and was freed from jail pending her first-degree…
Churches mourn deaths of longtime missionaries Cyndi Chowning and Dan Hardin
Churches of Christ in Texas and around the globe are mourning the recent deaths of two longtime missionaries — Cyndi Chowning and Dan Hardin. Chowning…
Indian ministers discover that fun is universal language at Bible camp
BANGALORE, INDIA — Fourteen-year-old Steven Baptist recently discovered that kids don't have to speak the same language to enjoy a game of tag. Baptist, who…
Honduras worship service a mix of cultures, languages
More thoughts on immigration
Ministers consider a response to the issues of immigration reform. By Ted Parks and Erik Tryggestad The Christian Chronicle Manuel Magos, minister and elder for…
Spotlight: Reaching the exiled
ATHENS, GREECE — Like another man named John many years ago, church member John Emeka Ndirike found himself imprisoned on an island in the Aegean…
Around the World: Showing love in a ruined land
Residents near Yogyakarta on the Indonesian island of Java survey the rubble left behind after a massive earthquake destroyed 105,000 homes and claimed more than…
