Johnson takes reins of Ohio Valley University
UNIVERSITIES Johnson inaugurated as OVU president OHIO VALLEY UNIVERSITY James A. Johnson was formally inaugurated Oct. 7 as the seventh president of Ohio Valley University…
Staff Reports
Spotlight: Bite your tongue!
ALMATY, KAZAHSTAN — Steve Vrooman chose a bizarre — yet memorable — visual aid for a recent youth group devotional. Later he got a taste…
Spotlight: Know-it-all on a mission
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA — The first time he met Sue Ann Mak in 2000 “she seemed like a 16-year-old know-it-all,” said missionary Robert Reagan. November…
Spotlight: Seeing his life on film
SALT LAKE CITY, UT — Workers with Utah-based Nu Skin Enterprises, a skin care company, honored Napoleon Dzombe, a church member in the African nation…
Texas lawmaker, ministers applaud gay-marriage ban
'No one would address the main issue, which was ‘one man, one woman, defining marriage,’ ' said Texas Rep. Dan Branch. By Tamie Ross The…
Whacking a pinata in Papua New Guinea
Marcus and Diane Reese served their guests a rich cultural stew recently in the South Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea. The missionaries hosted a…
Two million baptisms reveal India as ‘greatest restoration movement of our time’
'These numbers are possible because India is a huge country with more than 1 billion people. Today one of every six people in the world…
Across the nation
FLORENCE, ALABAMA — Sue Fuson, a member of the Rochester church, Rochester Hills, Mich., shows off some of the more than 1,400 Christmas stockings she…
Around the world: After the tsunami, new life abounds in southern Asia
DELORAINE, AUSTRALIA — Converts pray during a baptism ceremony in Nias, Indonesia. Since the Dec. 26 tsunami and a March earthquake claimed lives and destroyed…
Church members (mostly) celebrate in Mozambique
Church members in a village near Montepuez, Mozambique were happy - with at least one exception - to see a team of missionaries from the…
