Racial barriers broken as Christians mourn three family members killed in Alabama tornado
A tiny town in Alabama. A high school football star. A gospel singer gone blind. Three open caskets at a borrowed Baptist church. If the…
disaster recovery
After Beirut blast, Christians urged to ‘rise up and build’
They’ve endured decades of wars and countless bombs, but Christ-followers in Lebanon said they have never experienced anything like the explosion that devastated their capital…
Tennessee tornado stories
Tennessee is Church of Christ country. The Volunteer State has roughly 200,000 adherents of the fellowship, according to a national directory published by 21st Century…
Church member known for notes of encouragement dies in Oklahoma floods
An Oklahoman known for sending hundreds of cards to encourage his church family and community died during record-breaking floods in the Sooner state. Larry Larimore,…
Africa’s ‘double tragedy’
Cyclone Idai killed an estimated 1,000-plus people as it struck the southeastern coast of Africa in mid-March. But the number of casualties from the storm…
Perseverance after the storm
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — You might think that people living in an area that has seen dozens of hurricanes, knowing the perceived danger of those storms,…
Churches rebuilding following Michael
Fast and intense, like a boxer with a nasty left hook, Hurricane Michael surged to record-breaking strength as it slammed into the Gulf Coast. The…
Prayers — and food — for Venezuela
'We can’t save the whole country, but we can help.” Michael Hursey and Russ Garner believe that fervently when they speak about Venezuela, a place…
Responding to that other crisis on the border
McALLEN, Texas — For weeks, the world’s attention focused on this south Texas city and others along the U.S./Mexico border. News of mothers separated from…
Ministries helping — but more needed — after major flood in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley
Disaster relief organizations associated with Churches of Christ are helping after heavy rains brought an estimated $100 million in flooding damages to Texas’ Rio Grande…
