A church of Christs
Around the world, the coronavirus has forced churches to shutter their buildings. If you’re a believer, that means Sunday worship is confined to your kitchen…
Rural Redemption
Can Churches of Christ be saved?
KRESS, Texas — "Oh land of rest, for thee I sigh. When will the moment come, when I shall lay my armor by, and dwell in…
A church gets saved
CARNEGIE, Okla. — Bryce Marshall was ready to call it quits. So was his church. The 27-year-old was “burned out, tired, frustrated and seeing no results,”…
Missionaries to rural America
MEDICINE PARK, Okla. — From the peak of Mount Scott, elevation 2,464 feet, Kaylee Cowan can see hope for the small towns that dot America’s landscape…
Rich, in name and spirit, in rural Ohio
BEALLSVILLE, Ohio — Just after 9 a.m. on a recent Sunday, the well-worn tires on Jeff Rich’s 2003 minivan crunch over a gravel road full of…
A convicted church
FORT GIBSON, Okla. — Mark Seabolt left his prison cell wearing someone else’s clothes. He hated the hiking boots, and neither the pants nor the…
INSIDE STORY: Out in the country, a little Texas church defies expectations
GREENWOOD, Texas — In its heyday, this North Texas community settled by 19th century pioneers boasted two saloons, four grocery stores, a hotel, a bank,…
Iowa church refuses to die
MONTEZUMA, Iowa — Snow coats the ground as Pauline Ell arrives for Sunday worship on her 89th birthday. A bitter wind brushes Ell’s curly hair…
