Top Stories
Sharing love — and Christ — with refugees
OKLAHOMA CITY — The chaos at the end of a long war. The frenzy to leave a troubled homeland. The challenge of a new and different…
September 2023
View as PDFSharing love — and Christ — with refugees • How a grassroots ministry to Afghan refugees ‘snowballed’ into something big • They were the foreigners • Single preachers: An underutilized resource? • ‘Bailey McBride means the world to us’ • Maui church houses evacuees, helps with relief after deadly wildfires • Harding School of Theology set to leave Memphis • Africa needs disciples, not converts • ‘When we read the Lord’s Prayer, they were freaking out’ • Editorial: Why we need to ‘excel in this grace of giving’
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Top Stories
How a grassroots ministry to Afghan refugees ‘snowballed’ into something big
SAN ANTONIO — Dan and Mary Huber were stuffed. They couldn’t eat any more. Or so they told their friends — an Afghan refugee family who…
Inside Story
They were the foreigners
OKLAHOMA CITY — In the late 1980s, as four buddies neared graduation from Oklahoma Christian University, they talked about moving around the globe. Their hearts told…
Partners
‘Bailey McBride means the world to us’
OKLAHOMA CITY — Bailey McBride has blessed thousands of lives over the past nine decades — as an educator, administrator, mentor, spiritual shepherd and friend.…
National
Single preachers: An underutilized resource?
In 1998, Danny Dodd was a strong contender for an outreach minister position as a 39-year-old with years of preaching experience. The preaching minister told…
Top Stories
Maui church houses evacuees, helps with relief after deadly wildfires
The Maui Church of Christ in Waihee, Hawaii, is housing evacuees and helping distribute emergency supplies after deadly wildfires on the island of Maui. “We…
Partners
Harding School of Theology set to leave Memphis
Harding School of Theology in Memphis, Tenn., the only freestanding seminary among Churches of Christ, will move to the main campus of Harding University in…
Partners
Team devotional leads 37 Faulkner University athletes to baptism
Less than a week after arriving on campus for the fall semester, 37 young athletes from the Faulkner University Eagles football team were baptized following…
National
Building a firm foundation in Sandtown
BALTIMORE — A seemingly endless line of cars filled with children pulled up to the long, curbside table where Davis Worley and members of the…
National
Fred Gray receives top award from American Bar Association
Fred Gray — a renowned civil rights attorney, longtime minister and elder of the Tuskegee Church of Christ in Alabama — recently received the American…
Partners
Uniting the church by inviting the youths
OKLAHOMA CITY — Youth groups representing 50 congregations in Oklahoma and Texas packed the Memorial Road Church of Christ in Oklahoma City on a recent…
National
Across the Nation: Helping neighbors across state lines and church building vandalism
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: Serving God as Aruba recovers, refugees serving refugees 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
Africa needs disciples, not converts
BOM JESUS, Angola — Churches of Christ in Accra, Ghana, are growing at such a rate that their members will account for 10 percent of…
International
‘When we read the Lord’s Prayer, they were freaking out’
BOM JESUS, Angola — Usually, the men ponder the weightier matters of Scripture while the women cook. That’s how it goes at most meetings among…
International
When Tebow met Dino
During their big, fat Greek vacation this summer, Tim and Demi-Leigh Tebow took time to explore historic sites mentioned in the Bible — and to…
International
Churches of Christ in Luso-Africa
Luso (Portuguese)-Africa includes at least 14 million people who use Portuguese as their mother tongue. Some demographers estimate that 50 million Africans speak the language.…
Editorial
Why we need to ‘excel in this grace of giving’
The Bible is full of stories about generosity. The little boy with five loaves and two fish. The widow with two copper coins. The church…
Top Stories
The secret to skydiving: First, brush your teeth
LEXINGTON, Texas — As my skydiving instructor opened the door and a rush of wind blew in, I gazed at the world below us. My…
Reviews
Book showcases Loretta Lynn’s faith and unreleased music
With the possible exception of football, the Churches of Christ have contributed a larger number of their most notable celebrities to the world of country…
Insight
Wedding makes me thankful for the Lambs of God
PANGBURN, Ark. — The bride didn’t make it down the aisle. Just as soon as she set foot in the auditorium, she froze, panic-stricken, and…