Some churches replace services with service
Do Wednesday nights count? From a productivity standpoint, Drew Battistelli wasn't sure. As worship leader of the Storefront Church, Pineville, La., he said he grew…
Staff Reports
Newsmakers: February 2006
NAMED: Tyler Stevens, student at Southridge High School, Richland, Wash., to the All State Choir. Stevens attends the Richland church. Cindy Hackworth as Teacher of…
Watts gives careful analysis of church’s pacifist past
The heritage of the American Restoration Movement on the multifaceted issues of war and peace, both in scholarship and in practice, is both rich and…
At age 70, he’s P-H done
LAGOS, NIGERIA — Elkanah Young Owukiabo earned a doctorate in theology — and patience. The longtime church member turned 70 years old as he received…
Brief Mention
The Original Story: God, Israel and the World Jesus: A Novel Above All Earthly Pow'rs: Christ in a Postmodern World On Reading the Bible: Thoughts…
Across the nation: Faith in God, and each other
LUBBOCK, TEXAS — After 70 years of marriage, Lewis and Lola Ritchey remain "soul mates" who share a deep faith in God and a desire…
Around the world: At age 70, he’s P-H-Done
LAGOS, NIGERIA — Elkanah Young Owukiabo earned a doctorate in theology — and patience. The longtime church member turned 70 years old as he received the…
Calendar – February 2006
FEBRUARY 5-10 Freed-HardemanBible Lectureship. 70th annual. “A Call to Faithfulness: Better Thing inHebrews.” Freed-Hardeman University, Henderson, Tenn. Contact www.fhu.edu or (800) 348-3481. 10-11Weekend ofChampions with…
Approach to Sunday nights, Wednesdays changes as some focus on service projects
Steve Sandifer, pastoral care minister at the Southwest Central church in Houston, refers to Sundays as class time.Wednesdays, he says, are lab."It's a time to…
Hundreds of teens fan out across Gulf Coast to help Katrina victims
HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Twenty-seven young volunteers from Memphis, Tenn., assembeld recently at Hattiesburg resident Edith Owens' home. Using a small handsaw, the volunteers took aim…
