Partners, December 2010
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES CHRISTIAN HOMES & FAMILY SERVICES ABILENE, Texas — Nancy Miller, president emeritus of Christian Homes & Family Services, is retiring from the adoption…
Staff Reports
EDITORIAL: Church vans demand safety first
Neither case involved a Church of Christ, but two recent tragedies in which aging church vans blew tires raise important questions about church vehicle safety…
Across the Nation, December 2010
ARIZONA KINGMAN — “Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad…
Church’s portable defibrillator saves life
FLORENCE, A la. — The last thing Sallie Sims remembers about going to a recent funeral at the CrossPoint Church of Christ was wondering if…
Guest chapel speaker is out of this world
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Christian University’s adopted astronaut, Doug Wheelock, spoke to students recently — from 250 miles above the Earth. Wheelock talked live via…
Ministry geeks get techy
SPRING HILL, Tenn. — TheMinistryGeek PowWow, a technology in ministry conference, drew 47 participants from 10 states to the Spring Meadows Church of Christ. Instruction…
Missouri minister to retire after half a century behind same pulpit
PARK HILLS, Mo. — Evangelist Bernie Crum is retiring after 58 years of preaching — 50 of them behind the same pulpit. Crum, 77, a…
Harding professor digs his job
SEARCY, Ark. — For more than a decade, Dale Manor, professor of archaeology and Bible at Harding University, has taken history buffs and aspiring archaeologists…
EDITORIAL: Our view of money shapes missions
A missionary in southern Africa wanted to build a new facility for a benevolence ministry. He found an African minister who also was a contractor.…
‘Queen for a Day’ in Texas
KERRVILLE, Texas — More than 50 women from the Riverside Church of Christ and the community paid tribute to Donna Horne recently.The wife of former…
