‘If they go into full-time ministry, they’ll go back to poverty’
BENONI, South Africa — Merchants gathered at a busy intersection in this Johannesburg suburb in 2020 to sell a variety of goods ranging from food…
South Africa
After long lockdowns, South African church appoints its first deacons
SOWETO, South Africa — Joyful hymns filled the meeting place of the Tshiawelo Church of Christ as five men and their wives gathered before the…
Around the World: Baptisms from Albania to South Africa to Thailand 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…
Lions, lies and hope
Johan Gerber remembers praying for rain — and the cloudburst that followed. It happened in the 1980s, during a period of extreme drought in the…
Around the World: Baptisms, a gospel campaign, relief work and a roof collapse
Featured Image (above): Four teenagers (one off-camera) prepare to give their lives to Christ in the village of Bonyancha, Kenya. Minister David Marube, right, baptized the…
Tex Williams, longtime missionary and World Bible School president, dies at 91
Robert Harold Williams, known among Churches of Christ worldwide as "Tex," died Wednesday afternoon. He was 91. For nearly two decades, Williams served as president…
Around the World: A seed-sowing movie night in Africa
FEATURED IMAGE (above): Jesus (portrayed by British actor Brian Deacon) talks about the seed that fell on good soil in a scene from 1979’s “The…
‘I’m Still Standing’
Only God can take a young boy from Africa and a dying church in America and mesh their stories. That’s the firm belief of Gordon…
Online learning, old school
PRETORIA, South Africa — This isn’t Wakanda, the dazzling, high-tech African kingdom depicted in the blockbuster film “Black Panther.” But Pretoria is, nonetheless, an ever-modernizing metropolis,…
