SEPTEMBER 2013

(5536 KB) Camp Shamrock, Northern Ireland • Homosexuality and the church • Reaching the heart of D.C. • Missionary robbed • Currents:
For a Nicaraguan church, a revival • Dialogue: Calvin H. Bowers

In this issue:

In 2013, hundreds of children pack into the Sacuanjoche Church of Christ in Masaya, Nicaragua. They attended a Vacation Bible School organized by a mission group from the Edmond Church of Christ in Oklahoma.

For a Nicaraguan church, a revival

Sept. 3, 2013

MASAYA, Nicaragua — The front door of the Sacuanjoche Church of Christ swings open, and children — 260 of them — stream out of a…

Community member Karly White makes an unconventional play at first base to put out deacon's wife Monique Tash in the fellowhip and outreach-oriented Family Baseball League of the Summit View Church of Christ in Yakima

Play ball! Ministry hits a home run

Sept. 2, 2013

YAKIMA, Wash. — The Family Baseball League is a ministry of the Summit View Church of Christ in Yakima, Wash. The congregation uses the league…

Anna Philyaw directs "Thee Glorious" - a youth chorus formed for the 100th anniversary celebration of the Church of Christ at 16th and Decatur - during Sunday school in the church's lower level. – Photo by Ted Parks

Reaching the heart of D.C.

Sept. 2, 2013

WASHINGTON — Women couldn’t vote. The United States hadn’t fought in either World War. The struggle for civil rights was a half-century away. That’s when…