Seeing the Holy See, longing for home
VATICAN CITY — Staring at my phone in the middle of St. Peter’s Square, I got one of those pop-up notifications. It was an email…
Archive: Oct 2022
Beller to lead Bible program at OC
OKLAHOMA CITY — Jeremie Beller has been named chairman of the Bible department and director of church relations at Oklahoma Christian University. Beller has served…
‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ acquisition
ABILENE, Texas — Off an interstate in suburban Memphis, Tenn., Mac Ice stepped into a downpour in a shopping center parking lot. There he received…
Partners: Disaster relief, an African Christian school and a dual enrollment program
Featured image (above): Boxes of supplies line the Churches of Christ Disaster Relief Effort warehouse in Nashville, Tenn., where volunteers help sort and ship items…
‘Does God love Russians?’
The question caught Sorina Vintila off guard: “Does God love Russians?” A 5-year-old named Zahar asked it at the end of a Bible lesson about…
‘This is one of us coming back home’
SEARCY, Ark. — For 31 years Mike Cope had not been invited to speak at his alma mater. Harding University’s new president changed that. Mike…
Help floods Florida after Hurricane Ian
Once again, the Gulf Coast Church of Christ is serving as a relief hub after a major hurricane pounded Florida. But this hurricane, Ian, surpassed…
In Texas, CEO leads Christian Care Centers through bankruptcy and sale
MESQUITE, Texas — In telling her life story, Sabrina Porter starts with her troubled childhood. She recounts the sexual abuse she endured from age 4…
Shame stops as Agape Flows
BENONI, South Africa — Nearly 700 girls, ranging in age from 13 to 18, waited outside the Chief Albert Luthuli Secondary School in anticipation of…
‘One larger and stronger congregation working together for the Lord’
DETROIT — “If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” This old African proverb has come to…
