International
No phones allowed, but machetes OK: Global program aims to build teens’ faith
PORT VILA, VANUATU — The journey begins 1,200 miles — and a world — away. Ninth graders at an affluent Christian school in Australia leave…
February 2024
View as PDFNo phones allowed, but machetes OK: Global program aims to build teens’ faith • Imperfect storms • ‘Great cloud of witnesses’ helped propel Harding football to national title • Volunteers needed to read the Bible • In a post-Christian landscape, school chaplain nurtures young faith • Medicine as mission • Why I love my mom, Steve Irwin — and all of God’s creatures • Editorial: Why, and how, we will talk about 2024 politics
In this issue:
National
Imperfect storms
Christ Covenant Church in Beaumont, Texas, has about 38 members on a good Sunday. For more than 25 years, the small Restoration Movement congregation about…
National
Getting ahead of the storm
These suggestions are compiled from the best advice from insurers, agents and experts for churches hoping to avoid the disaster of losing their insurance or…
Top Stories
‘Great cloud of witnesses’ helped propel Harding football to national title
Coach Paul Simmons worried that he had created “too much chaos” for his players. His undefeated Harding University Bisons were in the NCAA Division II…
Inside Story
A lover of Jesus and paperbacks: Remembering a faithful Christian
OKLAHOMA CITY — Glynna Hartman loved to read. The Bible. Religious books. Paperback romance novels. It’s that last one that drew so many chuckles at…
International
Volunteers needed to read the Bible
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS — When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, Texas-based Let’s Start Talking was preparing to celebrate its 40th anniversary. Since 1980, the international…
National
‘Bind us together, Lord’
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Every new year ushers in a sense of energy, renewal and commitment to which personal goals are set. Other times these goals…
National
Across the Nation: A living legend, new leadership and more quick takes
Across the Nation is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ across the U.S. Got an idea for this…
International
Around the World: Nigerian couples coordinate, church members share the Gospel in Hong Kong and more quick takes
Around the World is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ all over the globe. Got an idea for…
International
In a post-Christian landscape, school chaplain nurtures young faith
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA — The well-being team at Redlands College paused while eating lunch as a student ranted about frustrations with a close friend. Braiden Jackson, the…
International
Australian teen who lost her mom to cancer dreams of leading her country
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA — Jada Electra Black has a big dream. The Christian teen would like to serve as prime minister of Australia. “That’s my goal,”…
Perspective
Why I love my mom, Steve Irwin — and all of God’s creatures
The smooth concrete floor chilled my bare feet. Needle-like claws pierced the front of my striped pajama shirt. Another set of paws tangled my then-blond…
International
For ministry training, Haitian makes a perilous journey to Port-au-Prince
It took 13 hours for Bertin Victor to travel from his home in Marigot, Haiti, to his country's troubled capital, Port-au-Prince, about 75 miles away.…
International
He raised up a church — literally
BOM JESUS, Angola — Luis Pereira was proclaiming Christ in the African nation of Mozambique as a massive cyclone swirled nearby in the Indian Ocean. …
International
Reaching the (nearly) unreachable
Once per month, Omar and Aryssa Gil load big bags with clothes, food, camping supplies, teaching materials and Bibles. With their five children, they take…
Partners
Medicine as mission
PLANO, Texas — Many a bucket of chicken has graced the fellowship hall of the McDermott Road Church of Christ over the years. But it was…
Editorial
Editorial: Why, and how, we will talk about 2024 politics
Those of us with a heritage in the Restoration Movement have a complicated relationship with politics and government. We are, after all, from the lineage…
Reviews
A mission-minded approach to interpreting Scripture
‘Gospel Portraits: Reading Scripture as Participants in the Mission of God” by K. Rex Butts, emerges as a transformative and insightful work, challenging conventional perspectives…
Insight
After two decades away, a busy and blessed Sunday in Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The unmistakable smell of paper mill mixed with salt marsh hit my nostrils as soon as I stepped out of the airport.…