Top Stories
Christian universities face ‘extremely difficult’ recruiting outlook
OKLAHOMA CITY — Brynn Walker always thought she’d attend a large state university. But this fall, the 18-year-old from Fort Smith, Ark., packed up and…
January 2019
View as PDFChristian universities face ‘extremely difficult’ recruiting outlook • The church on death row • God changes the ‘other’ into ‘brother’ • ‘Paradise is lost’ • Prayers for Paris • Praising God and promoting unity • Serving amid the ashes • Doing justice to prison ministry • Final Pan Am Lectureship reaches Cuba • Church puts spotlight on ‘Everyday Saints’ • Band of sisters • ‘Hey, you messed up, but we still love you • What it means to lead singing • From prison to salvation • In 2019, what unites us? • New volume will ‘Intergenerate’ ideas for meaningful ministry among age groups • Rather than divide, ‘The Hate U Give’ helps us pursue unity • Remembering Bush: A charge for 2019 • As the year ends, we count our blessings and say thanks
In this issue:
National
Serving amid the ashes
The fire is contained, but it will be a long time before life in Paradise, Calif., returns to normal — if it ever does. Even…
Insight
Remembering Bush: A charge for 2019
WASHINGTON — The military brass snapped to attention as the honor guard carrying the flag-draped casket of President George Herbert Walker Bush passed by. As…
International
‘It may take a crisis’ to bring France to God
Protesters broke windows and burned cars just a few doors down from the home of minister Roland Mohsen and his wife, Rose. “We are safe,”…
Voices Only
Voices only: Harvest Time
Welcome to Voices-only. This weekly online feature highlights the best a cappella videos that come across our eyes — and ears — on the web.…
Top Stories
‘Paradise is lost,’ but minister and wife escaped deadly wildfire ‘with the clothes on our back’
On Thursday morning, minister Joe Glenn got a call at his Paradise Church of Christ office. A friend in the 50-member Northern California congregation, which…
Opinion
As the year ends, we count our blessings and say thanks
What a blessing you have been to us this year. Recently, we asked you to join us as we set a goal to raise $5,000…
National
The church on death row
LINCOLN, Neb. — Shackled at the waist, wrists and ankles, Carey Dean Moore walked down the hallway of the Nebraska State Penitentiary to the room where…
National
Doing justice to prison ministry
LINCOLN, Neb. — Bill Hance was a reluctant convert to prison ministry. The soft-spoken 80-year-old sits at a table outside his small office in an annex…
Milestones
Newsmakers, January 2019
HONORED Jimmy Isom, Adlai Johnson, Joel Neely, Ralph Richardson, Anthony Sharp and Steve Warren, elders of the Holmes Road Church of Christ in Memphis, Tenn.,…
Milestones
Milestones, January 2019
Birthday Mazie Fowler 90 Dec. 29 Poplar Bluff, Mo. Anniversary Ralph and Joyce Perry 65 years Ralph Perry married Joyce Dale on Saturday, Aug. 15,…
National
Praising God and promoting unity
FORT WORTH, Texas — A poignant moment at the recent third annual “Unity” areawide worship gathering came when a combined chorus sang. The Lubbock Christian…
Partners
Partners, January 2019
FEATURE PHOTO (above): Gold medalist Scott Hamilton recounts his rise from unwanted son of an unwed mother to Olympic glory as a figure skater. Adopted when…
International
Around the World: Bikers, Bibles and selfies in Burundi
FEATURED IMAGE (above): In the East African town of Bweru, Burundi, evangelist Akembe Ahumbwe Amou, center, gives Bibles to a group of motorcyclists. “The young…
Reviews
‘The Hate U Give’ helps us pursue unity
"My brother is 15. He’s about to start driving.” I repeated these petrifying words over and over again while driving back to campus after watching…
International
Final Pan Am Lectureship reaches Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba — Reuel Lemmons had a heart for evangelizing Latin America. But he was concerned that Churches of Christ in the U.S., by and large,…
Features
Church puts a spotlight on ‘Everyday Saints’
ROUND ROCK, Texas— When we think of saints, we think of people like the apostles: St. Peter or St. John. We think of St. Francis of…
Partners
Band of sisters
YORK, Neb.— ‘A lot of us come here thinking there is no God,” said LaToya Ross. The 35-year-old is serving a 50- to 70-year sentence for…
Editorial
In 2019, what unites us?
Call this the Age of Division — in our politics, in our rhetoric, in our choices. In our churches. A year ago, in this editorial…
Features
2018 in quotes
“I can never give up because I know that Botham is singing with the angels, and I want to be in that choir. I want to…
Dialogue
‘Hey, you messed up, but we still love you’
Since his first visit to a Dallas County jail in 1971, Buck Griffith has spent his life taking the Gospel behind bars. A minister for…
In the Word
From prison to salvation
TUBUNGU, eSwatini — My life was not as easy as walking through golden roses. It was a life full of challenges. It was survival of the…