Q&A: Christian university leaders on recruiting students in a declining fellowship
Since 2000, Christian universities associated with Churches of Christ have seen a 51 percent decline in students who identify with the fellowship, an annual survey…
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‘This is not a ‘Church of Christ’-related challenge. This is the challenge of higher education’
HENDERSON, Tenn. — We need to be asking, “What environment do we want our children to live in while at college?” If you have a…
Christian higher ed challenges: Parents of college freshmen weigh in
Question: The number of freshmen from Churches of Christ enrolled at Christian universities associated with our fellowship keeps shrinking. Why do you think that is?…
Christian universities feeling the pinch as Churches of Christ shrink
Since today’s college freshmen were infants, roughly 1,200 Churches of Christ in the United States have closed, and the number of men, women and children…
Partners, Big prize for Southwestern, ‘The Voice’ and more from within our fellowship
FEATURED PHOTO (above): Ervin D. Seamster Jr., president of Southwestern Christian College in Terrell, Texas, celebrates the college’s grand prize win in the first Ford…
A Church of Christ on wheels
MOLEPOLOLE, Botswana — At once, he left his nets and followed Jesus. Actually, it was a meat cleaver that Robert Reid set aside when he saw…
Partners, November 2017
FEATURED PHOTO (above): John Malone with the a cappella group Committed from Athens, Ala., sings during the recent United Voice Worship Conference. More than 200…
Harding sings the Good News in Cuba
MATANZAS, Cuba — The Good News Singers, an a cappella worship ensemble featuring students from Harding University in Searcy, Ark., sang at a recent national Christian…
Fishers of men, farmers of nuts
TUBUNGU, Swaziland — Joy Lea Brazell came to African Christian College on a mission — to shut it down. The school, then known as Manzini Bible…
Preaching to preachers
TUBUNGU, Swaziland — Preachers, church leaders and Christians from across southern Africa gathered in the small, southern African nation to celebrate the 50th anniversary of…
