Cliff Ganus, former Harding president, longtime preacher and globe trekker, dies at 97
His passport looked like a pocket-size New Testament, thick with additional, sewn-in pages filled with stamps from around the globe. “I’ve been to 115 countries.…
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Crowley’s Ridge names Johnson as next president
PARAGOULD, Ark. — Crowley’s Ridge College has named Richard Johnson, as its next president, effective Jan. 1. Johnson, the college’s current vice president for advancement,…
In New Mexico town, single parents get free rent, benefits — if they’ll go to church
PORTALES, N.M. — Biatriz Larez knows what it’s like to struggle to feed her family. A few years ago, the single mother and her three…
Third Culture Kids find a sense of ‘home’ at annual Global Reunion
OKLAHOMA CITY — ‘The Lord bless you and keep you …” The words of the farewell song rang out as the 2019 Global Reunion came to a…
Teenage sisters, church youth group members, die in Texas car crash
A Wednesday night collision in rural West Texas claimed the lives of two teenage sisters, both members of a Church of Christ. Eighteen-year-old Wendy Ella…
Partners, August 2019
Featured photo (above): Loved ones of Botham Shem Jean, a native of the island of St. Lucia, enjoy a moving moment at the recent 49th annual…
‘We wanted this to be a Jesus crusade’
FORT WORTH, Texas — Emphasizing that Jesus loves all the little children — “red and yellow, black and white” — the 40th anniversary Crusade for…
Agony, prayer and ‘tears of relief’
Christians in Haiti are thanking God and praising a U.S. congregation after a vehicle accident sent four mission team members to the hospital — and…
Partners, July 2019
50th anniversary Diana Singing in Tennessee again draws thousands of Christians (photo above) About 5,000 members of Churches of Christ lift their voices to God…
For Christian retirees, it’s gospel before golf
MOUNT DORA, Fla. — The stereotypical view of retirement is a time to kick back and relax, maybe play some golf or spend days walking on…
