People
Retired MLB slugger and his wife are on a mission for God
FLORENCE, Ala. — Josh Willingham stayed up most of the night praying. After going to the World Series with the Kansas City Royals in 2014,…
June 2020
View as PDF• Retired slugger, wife on a mission • Faith, hope and food for Venezuela • Africa’s other plague • Time to graduate, but with no Pomp and Circumstance • Balancing safety and compassion • Ministries adapt practices to serve storm victims • Uncle Sam pays some church salaries • ‘End of an era in youth ministry’ • Wells trained generations of singers • Standing together while apart • Online, a European church reaches souls in Iran • Virtual leadership • Empty pews? Praise God for puppets! • A church of Christs • Minister leads Widowhood Workshops • Editorial: Reopen with an abundance of caution, compassion • ‘Where two or three are gathered …’ • Freed-Hardeman history is more than a highlight reel • Audio app Dwell could save your quarantined spiritual life • When this finally ends — and it will — don’t allow yourself to be unchanged
In this issue:
International
Faith, hope and food for Venezuela
In a village of Venezuela’s Cojedes state, children recently received meals paid for by Churches of Christ. Retired minister Steve Watson and Venezuelan immigrant Cristian…
International
Africa’s other plague
‘They cover the sky like a lunar eclipse,” said David Bikokwa, describing the waves of locusts that have ravaged his homeland, Kenya. The swarms, which…
Inside Story
When graduation comes with no Pomp and Circumstance
OKLAHOMA CITY — When my son Keaton was about 4, a police car pulled up beside our minivan at a stoplight. At that exact moment,…
Top Stories
Serving amid COVID-19, husband and wife try to balance safety and compassion
Hours after Easter Sunday tornadoes walloped the twin cities of Monroe and West Monroe in northeastern Louisiana, Ryan Lee came home from working with a…
National
COVID-19 challenges Christian relief ministries’ response to spring tornadoes
After an EF3 tornado slammed into Jonesboro, Ark., on March 28, the Nettleton Church of Christ could have used the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse…
National
Uncle Sam pays some church salaries
For three decades, Ray Holmes worshiped with the Pitman Road Church of Christ in Sewell, N.J. An accountant for nonprofit organizations his entire career, Holmes…
National
‘It’s the end of an era in youth ministry in Churches of Christ’
Church members gathered outside a Colorado hospital to pray, while inside Carol Myers watched through a glass window as her husband, Mike, was taken off…
National
Wells trained generations of singers
For more than five joy-filled decades, Dorothy Wells was the soft side of a spiritual dream team that combined faith, family and music to train…
International
Standing together while apart
It’s the kind of tragedy “you hear about in the news from faraway places,” said Darren Boehner. But the deadliest rampage in Canada’s history happened…
International
Online, European churches reach souls in Iran
Members of Churches of Christ in Central Europe have become a multinational, multi-continent congregation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The church in Prague, the…
Features
Empty pews? Praise God for puppets!
Members of the Eastridge Church of Christ got a bit concerned when they tuned in for their congregation’s Sunday livestream. At first glance, it appeared…
People
A church of Christs
Around the world, the coronavirus has forced churches to shutter their buildings. If you’re a believer, that means Sunday worship is confined to your kitchen…
Dialogue
Minister leads Widowhood Workshops
Dean Miller has preached the Gospel all his life. At 67, he shares a message of hope for widows and widowers. This ministry was born…
Editorial
Editorial: Reopen with an abundance of caution, compassion
Several states are relaxing their shelter-in-place restrictions. Some smaller congregations have begun meeting again. Most larger churches believe it’s not yet time. And many church…
Views
‘Where two or three are gathered …’
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — I Zoom to Bible studies and YouTube church. It’s the longest I’ve gone without attending worship. And every Sunday I think of…
Insight
After the pandemic, refuse to be unchanged
Eventually this pandemic will end. We’ll mourn our losses and adapt to a new normal. And at some point, maybe a year from now, we’ll…
Reviews
Review: Freed-Hardeman history is more than a highlight reel
‘It seems like God wants Freed- Hardeman to be here.” With those words, David Shannon began his tenure as Freed-Hardeman University’s current president. Greg Massey’s…