West Virginia church fills spiritual void — no matter what you’re wearing
The Bridgeport News in West Virginia reports: Craig Swearingen, minister of Bridgeport’s Meadowbrook Church of Christ, looks up a Bible verse. (Photo by Leslie Moses,…
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‘Pray for the nation,’ asks minister in troubled Central African Republic (Updated)
Update: Information from a congregation supporting the work in the Central African Republic — including an address for relief funds — appears below. Worlanyo Bor,…
U.S. Army suspends Church of Christ service at Fort Sill in Oklahoma (Updated)
Update: Church of Christ service reinstated at Fort Sill For 35 years, the Northwest Church of Christ in Lawton, Okla., conducted a weekly assembly for…
Well drillers, en route to Christian school, killed in South Sudan ambush
Drillers — on their way to dig a water well for a new Christian school in South Sudan — were ambushed and killed, church members…
Missionary in Argentina shares thoughts on first Global South pope
The Catholic church has chosen the first non-European pope in more than 1,200 years — Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the former archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The…
Robert Rowland, former president of Columbia Christian College, dies at age 86
Robert Rowland Robert Rowland, who served as president of the now-defunct Columbia Christian College in Portland, Ore., from 1959 to 1968, died Thursday, Jan. 17,…
Oklahoma Christian professor honored as community hero at Oklahoma City Thunder game
Mark Wedel, one of Max Dobson's first special-needs students, holds up the community hero award that Dobson, next to Wedel, received at an Oklahoma City…
Refugees working to plant Churches of Christ in Denmark
The flag of Denmark flies in the Nyhavn waterfront district of the Danish capital, Copenhagen. (Photo by Niels Bosboom, via Wikimedia Commons) During my 11…
Christianity and Islam: Covering an emotionally charged story
In Duraz, Bahrain, people protest against an anti-Islamic YouTube video. The banner, in Arabic, reads: "The Islamic nation will not tolerate with those who offend…
From textbooks to tablets: Faulkner University students receive iPads
Faulkner University students spend some time with thier new iPads. (Photo via the Montgomery Advertiser) The Montgomery Advertiser in Alabama reports: Lindsey Wright has seen…
