Will ‘Jabulani’ define missions in a new era?
DALLAS — When Dennis Okoth came to America last month, he brought a spiritual legacy full circle. Okoth, a young Kenyan evangelist, was part of…
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Green Lawn settles bus accident lawsuits
Two lawsuits brought against the Green Lawn Church of Christ in Lubbock, Texas, following a church bus accident in 1999 were settled in late May…
Africa project demonstrates churches’ outreach
ALBANY, Ga. — About mid-April, police in this southwest Georgia town started asking Muriel Moton when the Africans were coming. Soon, she said. Then she…
Oklahoma woman finds purpose in double-dose of disaster
WOODWARD, Okla. — Her voice choked with emotion, Avis Duncan shut her eyes tightly, trying to keep a storm of tears from raging.The Fifth Street…
Churches mourn CIA agent killed in Afghanistan
WINFIELD, ALA. — Church members lined their cars bumper-to-bumper in front of the Winfield building to keep television cameras away from the service, which was…
Are our children safe? Transport issues are of concern.
It is a scenario many a church member has known — returning home after a school holiday, opening the accumulated newspapers and learning that a…
Churches mourn CIA operative killed in Afghanistan
WINFIELD, Ala. — The line of congregants filed into the Winfield Church of Christ Dec. 6, remembering in hushed voices an old friend. 'You know…
E-Bible study site gets big hits
Since it went online last year, Oklahoma Christian University’s Web site for free Bible school material, www.ebiblestudy.org, has received more than 62,000 hits, said Bible…
Living a life between cultures
At age 19, Heidi Hartman found herself in a foreign country. The daughter of missionaries, she had a hard time adjusting to her new setting…
The Day the World Stopped: Churches pull hope from the ashes of attacks
On Tuesday morning, Sept. 11, Christians woke up in a world that made sense. America was secure. The horrors of war were restricted to foreign…
