Why two churches came back together after six decades apart
DURANT, OKLA. — Just off U.S. 69/75 beside a Choctaw Travel Plaza billboard, nearly 500 Christians gather in a multipurpose room filled with four-legged cushioned chairs.…
Church merger
‘Get over your differences — we’re about Jesus’
SPOKANE, WASH. — “Welcome to my church,” Dean Westerman says, greeting believers on a recent Sunday as they step inside what was, a week earlier,…
Dwindling Church of Christ seeks new future as community church campus
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Mayfair Church of Christ — at one time a flagship congregation among Churches of Christ in the Oklahoma City area —…
How congregations can rebound
LOS ANGELES — At age 13 in 1983, I moved to the West Coast. Relocating from a rural community in the South to this sprawling…
‘One larger and stronger congregation working together for the Lord’
DETROIT — “If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” This old African proverb has come to…
Across the Nation: First responder appreciation, a massive food distribution and more quick takes
Across the Nation is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ across the U.S. Got an idea for this…
Better as one: Churches merge
CINCINNATI — In some ways, in many ways, they couldn’t be more different. Greg Jasper, 51, was born and raised in Cincinnati. He looks every…
‘Grandmother church’ of Dallas fights for its future
DALLAS — The steeple at the Skillman Church of Christ stretches skyward above a red-brick, Georgian building, a Dallas landmark on one of the city’s…
