Freed-Hardeman students swab cheeks to save lives
At a recent blood cancer donor drive, 130 first-year students at Freed-Hardeman University pledged to donate bone marrow if they’re matched to a recipient. “That…
Abilene Christian University
With latest $25 million gift, ACU names college after longtime donors
Though Kay Onstead and her late husband, Robert, never attended Abilene Christian University, they spent decades as avid supporters of the Texas school, which is…
ACU honors beloved minister and broadcaster
ABILENE, Texas — Landon Saunders, founder of Heartbeat radio, tells a story about once inviting a young person from “a motley crew of kids” to come…
Diplomat and theologian Shaun Casey describes religion’s role in global affairs
‘If you’d asked me in ’79, ‘What do embassies do?’ I had no clue,” Shaun Casey told an audience gathered at the Abilene Christian University…
A big league education
It’s education time in Texas. A year ago, Abilene Christian University signed a contract with the Texas Rangers to become the Major League Baseball team’s…
Asbury revival sparks prayer, reflection at Christian universities
‘Nothing good happens after midnight. Except for this.” So proclaims the Facebook page for Midnight Worship, a weekly gathering hosted by the Highland Church of…
‘Mr. ACU,’ Bob Hunter, dies at 94
Robert D. “Bob” Hunter, a Texas politician and an alumnus and administrator of Abilene Christian University — which is associated with Churches of Christ —…
Churches join ‘The Chosen’ Season 3 bandwagon
Robin Vick said he came late to “The Chosen” phenomenon. Vick, an evangelist for the Roosevelt Drive Church of Christ in Jacksonville, N.C., had heard…
World War II veteran leaves $29 million endowment to Abilene Christian University
Abilene Christian University in Texas, which is associated with Churches of Christ, has received its largest single academic gift ever from the estate of Bill…
‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ acquisition
ABILENE, Texas — Off an interstate in suburban Memphis, Tenn., Mac Ice stepped into a downpour in a shopping center parking lot. There he received…
