Around the World: Fighting leprosy, hurricane relief 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…
disaster relief
Jamaican Christians want to show ‘the church at its best’ as they respond after Hurricane Beryl
Christopher Fong was 12 years old when Hurricane Gilbert made landfall in his native Jamaica in 1988. The Category 3 storm claimed 49 lives and…
Christians in Grenada lose homes, church building to Hurricane Beryl
As Hurricane Beryl made its way toward Mexico on July 4, Christians across the Caribbean began the long task of damage assessment and recovery. Two…
Amid rubble, Turkish churches build foundations
ANTAKYA, TURKEY — A bone stuck out of the rubble. It might not be human, one of the Turkish drivers reassured the One Kingdom disaster relief…
Tornado levels Indiana church building
'Bob, I’m looking out the window, and the church building is gone.” That was the call Bob Moorman, preacher for the Winchester Church of Christ…
Trusting God in the fire
CANADIAN, TEXAS — Dead cattle. Burned homes. Scorched prairie. The largest wildfire in state history made a mess of this small ranching town in the Texas Panhandle,…
Church members’ homes destroyed in Texas Panhandle wildfire
Multiple members of Churches of Christ have lost homes in the Texas Panhandle wildfire, which has grown into the largest in state history. The blaze…
Getting ahead of the storm
These suggestions are compiled from the best advice from insurers, agents and experts for churches hoping to avoid the disaster of losing their insurance or…
Imperfect storms
Christ Covenant Church in Beaumont, Texas, has about 38 members on a good Sunday. For more than 25 years, the small Restoration Movement congregation about…
Tennessee church members lose homes to tornado
At least two families connected with two Churches of Christ in Clarksville, Tenn., were affected by devastating storms that hit the state Saturday, killing six…
