Around the World, September 2013
BRAZILCAMPO GRANDE — Twelve university-age students learned about church missions from Bryan Gibbs, director of Brazilian team and church development for Texas-based Great Cities Missions.“These…
Staff Reports
To our readers: Difficult, necessary discussion
We can’t avoid tough faith questions. Our responses often shape the way a lost and dying world sees Jesus — reflected through us. This month,…
Partners, August 2013
CHILDREN’S HOMES CITY OF CHILDREN ENSENADA, Mexico — This church-supported ministry recently celebrated its 40th anniversary. City of Children houses about 100 children on 53…
Across the Nation, August 2013
ARIZONA TUBA CITY, Ariz. — After 26 years, Paul Ghee’s mission trip to the Navajo Nation has ended.The longtime missionary died May 29 after suffering…
Around the World, August 2013
BELIZECOROZAL — Luis Pedraza recently completed a missionary journey from his home in Santa Clara, Cuba, to the northern tip of the Central American nation…
New and Noteworthy, August 2013
PARENTING Ted Cunningham. Trophy Child: Saving Parents from Performance, Preparing Children for Something Greater than Themselves. Colorado Springs, Colo.: David C. Cook, 2012. 240 pages,…
Kicking around ideas on church vs. sports
The Christian Chronicle asked readers, “Are youth sports hurting church attendance, and does this concern you?” It is a parent’s responsibility to set the example…
Across the Nation, July 2013
MICHIGANLANSING — Each spring, 300 members of independent Christian Churches and a cappella Churches of Christ come together for the Michigan Christian Convention at Great…
Around the World, July 2013
ANGOLAHuambo — A church in this southern African nation rejoices after the baptisms of “triplets in faith,” said Katie Reese, a member of the Angola…
Refugees work to plant churches in Denmark
AARHUS, Denmark — Christians from the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, baptized in a refugee camp in neighboring Zambia, are working to plant Churches of…
