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February 8, 2022

 

 

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Our Top Stories

 
Last of the ‘living water’
 
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Last of the ‘living water’

 
A lone believer in Tennessee watches over the site of a once-thriving Black Christian community.
 
 

 
‘God is leaving us here for some purpose’
 

‘God is leaving us here for some purpose’

 
A former slave who bought his freedom set up a homestead on Nashville’s west side. More than 140 years later, his descendants continue to live and worship on the land that bears his name.
 
Lemley provides a much-needed discussion of why, not how, we sing
 

Lemley provides a much-needed discussion of why, not how, we sing

 

In “Becoming What We Sing: Formation Through Contemporary Christian Music,” David Lemley offers helpful material to address this void. Lemley, professor of practical theology at Pepperdine University, grew up in the pews of
a cappella Churches of Christ.

 
 

 
When a baptistery becomes a lifeboat
 

When a baptistery becomes a lifeboat

 

A mobile classroom used by Churches of Christ to spread the Gospel in a South American nation recently became a rescue vehicle of another sort.

 
Around the World: a fast-growing Albanian church, Bible resources for Serbs and a school in Togo
 

Around the World: a fast-growing Albanian church, Bible resources for Serbs and a school in Togo

 

Around the World is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ all over the globe. Got an idea for this column? Email Erik Tryggestad at [email protected].

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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