More universities taking measures to prevent spread of COVID-19
Wednesday, Pepperdine Univerity, in Malibu, Cali., became the first of the schools associated with Churches of Christ to announce they were sending students home, in…
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Scott McDowell named president of Lubbock Christian University
Lubbock Christian University in Texas has appointed Scott McDowell, a veteran Christian higher education administrator and preacher, as its next president. “I am fully committed…
The voice of Keeble
Oh, what it would have been like to hear the voice of Marshall Keeble. The famous traveling evangelist died in 1968, so most Christians alive…
Carl Brecheen, longtime ACU Bible professor and half of marriage seminar duo, dies at 90
Writing for ACU Today at Abilene Christian University in Texas, Cheryl Mann Bacon reports on the death of Carl Brecheen, a longtime Bible professor best…
Adapt or die?
Adapt to the culture you’re serving, but not in a way that compromises the truth of the Gospel. For centuries, that was the challenge for…
Five facts about Jim Gash, Pepperdine University’s new president
MALIBU, Calif. — Jim Gash was inaugurated this fall as Pepperdine University's eighth president. Here are five facts about him: 1. He grew up in…
An engineer gets ‘an answer from God’
Orneita Burton grew up playing in the dirt and, as she put it, “creating something out of nothing.” Perhaps she was destined for a life…
Abilene Christian University men’s, women’s teams punch tickets to NCAA tourney (updated)
UPDATE: ACU's women (16) will face No. 1 seed Baylor March 23 in Waco, Texas. It's a good thing Abilene Christian University changed its dancing…
After California massacre, sister universities show support for Pepperdine
'To Pepperdine: You are not alone in this tragedy." That's the headline on a staff editorial in The Optimist, the student newspaper at Abilene Christian…
Once-segregated Christian university targets racism with launch of new research center
ABILENE, Texas — In 1960, a professor named Carl Spain delivered an explosive Bible Lectureship sermon that reverberated far beyond what was known then as Abilene…
