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Fifty years after preaching his first sermon, Ron Edwards jokes that he knows the secret to ministry.

Change churches every three years.

Actually, Edwards — who is retiring from full-time preaching — spent the past 37 years serving the Roosevelt Drive Church of Christ in a military community about 120 miles southeast of Raleigh, N.C.

Given the transitory nature of Marines and Navy sailors, it just seemed like his home church kept changing.

Bobby Ross Jr. reports from Jacksonville, N.C.

Over the last 10 years, Jaime Green and her husband estimate that they have worked on more than 75 natural disasters with Churches of Christ Disaster Relief Effort Inc., based out of Nashville, Tenn.

Floods, hurricanes, tornadoes — Green has helped with them all.

But while she attributes the weather patterns and the frequency of natural disasters to climate change caused by human consumption, other Christians aren’t so sure.

Audrey Jackson reports.

Worship services for the McLoud Church of Christ in Oklahoma were interrupted Sunday when its parsonage caught fire.

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Walking up to the Ball Road Church of Christ was nearly as nerve-wracking as waiting in line for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.

But I had conquered my fear of the train-themed roller coaster — and even enjoyed it; we did it three times — so maybe this experience would be a good one, too.

The small congregation was only a short walk from our hotel. It took us half as long to reach the church building as it took us to walk to Disneyland and California Adventure, where we’d spent the past four days.

Still, I had considered just playing it safe and watching our home congregation’s Sunday service online in our hotel room. I mean, what would Bible class be like here? Would there even be a place for my girls?

Erik Tryggestad’s Insight column from Anaheim, Calif.

The apostle Peter was called from his fishing boat to become a “fisher of men.” Little did he know the call to “follow me” meant he would spend the majority of his remaining life as a cultural transplant in foreign lands.

Two thousand years later, cultural transplants from three different continents have been called by God to live as spiritual exiles. “Renewal Through Restoration: An Uncommon Call to Christian Discipleship” shares the common commitment of these men to restore, not just the letter, but the spirit of early Christianity.

Dale Hartman reviews the new book.