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“When we survived Hurricane Katrina, we said, ‘We can survive anything,’” minister Eric Dishongh says. “Hurricane Ida definitely is testing that hypothesis for sure.”

Weeks after the storm, Churches of Christ are helping those in need — even as new weather threats emerge. The mayor of one small town tells The Christian Chronicle, “We can’t take much more.”

A surgical team from Atlanta-based Jackson Healthcare was the last to visit Predisan Health Ministries before the COVID-19 pandemic and the first to return in a year and a half. 

Arriving as the delta variant surged across the U.S. and Honduras, the 11 team members had to show proof of vaccination as they entered the country. Before leaving for home, they would have to get a nasal swab test for COVID-19. A positive result could confine them to Honduras for two weeks or more.

Voices Only is back with some classic hymns (“Revive Us Again,” “Just a Little Talk With Jesus”) and some contemporary fare (“Raise a Hallelujah.”) courtesy of United Voice Worship. Enjoy and sing along!

Would you like to contribute to this weekly feature? Send us a link to your favorite a cappella video with a brief explanation of why you love the song. We may use what you send in a future Voices Only selection.

After months of hibernation due to COVID-19, some congregations are struggling to restart Bible classes and programs.

“We’ve had so few people commit that we are meeting with the elders to try and figure out how we can still offer as much for our families with fewer people,” one children’s minister says.

Read more in the latest edition to our Post-Pandemic Church series.

Editorial: Among the crowd of frightened people racing toward the gates of the Kabul airport were friends and colleagues of our own brothers and sisters in Christ.

Concern for the “least of these” must apply beyond our own borders. God’s call to “love justice, seek mercy” means even far-off countries, refugees and immigrants. If we truly “seek first the Kingdom of God,” then our actions and rhetoric must follow suit.

From the archives: “There are a lot of ways to say something to somebody without having a Bible in your hand. Maybe they’ll listen and take it to heart and feel like there’s a little more investigating they need to do with regard to their lives.”