Galveston, Texas, church building reopens after Hurricane Ike
The Galveston Daily News in Texas reports: GALVESTON — The pulpit was simple and plain. The sound system had yet to be installed, and the…
Archive: Aug 2010
Illness claims Abilene Christian elementary principal
Myrna Powers, with her family. (Photo via thewayofthecross.wordpress.com) As the new school year opens, students and teachers at Abilene Christian Schools' elementary school are dealing…
Minnesota church mourns 15-year-old
We're a close-knit family at The Christian Chronicle. This week, we mourn with our colleague Tonda Stafford and her extended family in the sudden loss…
‘Facing the Giants’: Alabama Christian school lets its light shine
Prattville Christian Academy student Andrew Brackins prepares to baptize junior Edward Todd Jr. on Aug. 3. (Photo by Rachel Brackins, Montgomery Advertiser) The Montgomery Advertiser…
Responding to a sea of need in Pakistan
A month of solid rain has devastated Pakistan, a predominantly Muslim country of 176 million souls. The record-breaking monsoons have, in the words of BBC…
Church member sentenced for defrauding elderly Christians
The Nashville Tennessean reports today: William Walter Spencer (Photo via www.tennessean.com) A federal judge on Monday sentenced William Walter Spencer, 68, to six and a…
Mississippi church building reopens after fire
Back in June, we shared news of a fire at the Capitol Street Church of Christ building in Jackson, Miss. Damages to the church building…
Technology helps draw Oklahoma Christian students
Oklahoma Christian University students Jed Davis and Amelia Gower explore a new iPad from Apple. The university is offering the device to students this fall.…
Campus Ministry United hires first full-time employees
Carol and Lynn Stringfellow (Photo provided by Wes Woodell) "Modern-day prodigal son looks to reach lost souls." That was the headline on a Christian Chronicle…
Schubert inaugurated as ACU’s 11th president (updated)
ACU Chancellor Royce Money, left, and board Chairman Barry D. Packer, right, place the Chain of Office on new ACU President Phil Schubert's shoulders. (Photo…
