Building Nigeria’s future
OBONG NTAK, Nigeria — “Hey, snap me one time, please.” It doesn't take long to figure out what the teenagers are asking. “Take my picture,…
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Mission-minded: A view from professors and organizers
Excerpts from interviews with missions directors and professors at Christian Universities By Erik Tryggestad The Christian Chronicle Amanda M. Wolfe, director of public information, Rochester…
Saving El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — It's still early on a Saturday morning, but Miguel and Alma Arguera's restaurant is full of life - and the…
Ukrainian church members protest and pray after election
The 61st chapter of Isaiah — declaring the Lord's love of justice and disdain for robbery — became the rallying cry for church members who…
Across the nation – January 2005
ARKANSAS MONETTEThe Monette church hosted a Thanksgiving Dinner at no charge to its community. About 275 meals were served, representing about one-fourth of the town's…
Earning ‘sweat equity’ for member’s home
Accumulating hours of “sweat equity” is the goal of members of the Central church, Johnson City, Tenn., who are helping a fellow member, a single…
Memories still burn brightly with ‘the originals’ of 1950s Oregon youth group
WOODBURN, ORE. — As she enters her retirement years, Jeannie Deen of the Woodburn, Ore., church, is a woman with a mission. After leaving her…
Nine new churches in four years – church ploants multiply in Alabama Hispanic work
DECATUR, Ala. — David Smith, elder of the Beltline church, is smiling. His congregation of 700 is evangelizing, growing and planting new churches. He's quick…
Spotlight: A hunger for ‘Good Eats’
Atlanta church member Mike Menninger is quick to say he’s not a fanatic about the television show “Good Eats,” doesn’t talk endlessly about it, and…
China trip result of Texas church’s local evangelism
A fact-finding mission yielded positives and negatives for members of the Waterview church who visited China in mid-October. “Government officials clearly want enterprise to come…
