Around the World: Serving God as Aruba recovers, refugees serving refugees and more quick takes
Around the World is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ all over the globe. Got an idea for…
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Fifty years of fellowship — and a nude beach
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada — A delegation from Churches of Christ in Grenada, led by Richard Le Blanc, hugged and laughed with attendees as they arrived…
Just call me Mr. Trinidad, newspaper-mon
SAN FERNANDO, Trinidad and Tobago — ‘What’s that name?” Randolph Bonas asked me after Bible class. “Tryggestad,” I said. “Trinidad?” he asked. “No, ‘Trigg-es-tad,’” I…
A Caribbean jubilee
GRAND ANSE, Grenada — “Don’t Worry About a Thing” was an appropriate sermon title for the 50th Caribbean Lectureship. COVID-19 delayed the annual gathering of…
‘You feel like you’re in heaven’ — Caribbean Lectureship honors Botham Jean
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada — The staccato, bass tones drifted across the busy public square in this Caribbean capital. “Heaven … is on … the other…
In a Mexican resort city, Christians care for homeless ‘angels’
COZUMEL, Mexico — Scott Eller steered a rented Nissan March through Cozumel as his wife, Andrea, talked about their “home away from home.” Driving away…
Serving with the ‘Dominican Paul’
MAO, Dominican Republic — Workers with One Kingdom, a mission supported by Churches of Christ, recently traveled to this Caribbean nation to check in with…
Around the World: COVID-19 prayer in Honduras, virtual Caribbean lectures and more quick takes
Around the World is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ all over the globe. Got an idea for…
Assassination can’t stop VBS
Before leaving on a weeklong trip to Haiti, a Tennessee mission team prepared for possible emergencies — from road-blocking protests to an outbreak of COVID-19.…
Volcano destroys two church buildings in Caribbean
Violent volcanic eruptions in the eastern Caribbean nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines have forced nearly 20,000 people to flee their homes. “Ash clouds…
