‘Thriving through the Spirit, not just surviving’
YORK, NEB. — As an undergraduate student at York University and a graduate student at Oklahoma Christian University in Oklahoma City, two institutions associated with…
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Making disciples, not members
ATLANTA — Hear, believe, repent, confess and be baptized. Ministers of Churches of Christ have preached those five steps — God’s plan of salvation —…
Burned-out missionaries plant a garden of refuge
OLOMOUC, CZECH REPUBLIC — Mitch Anderson needed a break. For 13 years, the Arkansas native had served as a missionary in the Czech Republic, once…
If we die on a cross, there won’t be salvation for anybody
ATLANTA — "Wow! There are a lot of people here already!” That’s what I said to myself as my Uber driver (after a wrong turn…
Keeping the Sabbath, taking a sabbatical
Scott Elliott, minister for the 120-member La Grange Church of Christ in Texas, watched as friends and acquaintances left full-time ministry nearly every week. Seeking…
How to recognize and treat ministry burnout
What is your preacher’s state of mind? Does he have enough time to study and plan what he will be preaching in 2017? The preacher…
