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…
Archive: Aug 2023
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…
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…
‘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.…
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…
Maui church members escape deadly wildfires
Frank and Susie Splann were among those fortunate enough to escape the rapidly moving wildfires on the western shore of Maui, the Hawaiian island where…
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…
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…
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…
South Carolina church develops local preachers
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — “When I grow up, I want to be a preacher.” These words, from 9-year-old Trent Lester, are common in the Myrtle…
