‘The leprosy in my neighborhood is addiction’
PONTIAC, Mich. — “You can’t be a Christian and do drugs. You know that, right?” Actually, Coleman Yoakum didn’t know that. Yoakum grew up in an…
opioids
Churches aren’t safe from opioids
LAKE FOREST, Calif. — “It’s something that if we, the church, don’t address, there’s going to be a lot more people that don’t have a…
‘When Celebrate Recovery started, I think it was God’s way of bringing out the best in some people’
SURFSIDE BEACH, S.C. — As The Christian Chronicle reports, the Grand Strand Church of Christ has become a haven for prodigal sons — and daughters.…
South Carolina church battles opioid ‘emergency’
SURFSIDE BEACH, S.C. — Opioids, meet Jesus. The drugs behind a crisis that President Donald Trump characterizes as a “national emergency” are no match for…
One church’s ‘compassionate and Christ-like’ approach to the opioid crisis
Connecticut’s opioid crisis — part of a national epidemic — claimed more than 900 lives last year. “That is about three times more than the…
