Confessions of a Jesus Freak
'Jesus Freak,” an album hailed by some as “the Sgt. Pepper’s of Contemporary Christian Music,” turns 30 this year. “It’s hard to think of a…
Culture
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…
Profile: Trinidad and Tobago
POPULATION: 1.4 million. LANGUAGES: English, Creole English, Caribbean Hindustani, Creole French, Spanish, Chinese. RELIGION: 32.1 percent Protestant (including Pentecostal, evangelical, Full Gospel, Baptist, Anglican, Seventh-day…
Male and female God created them
What happens in the places where church and popular culture meet? Recent studies found that 7 percent of Americans are lesbian, gay or bisexual, according…
‘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…
A Caribbean jubilee
GRAND ANSE, Grenada — “Don’t Worry About a Thing” was an appropriate sermon title for the 50th Caribbean Lectureship. COVID-19 delayed the annual gathering of…
Creation care: Montana church works to save native bluebirds
A group of kids and supervising adults at the South Hills Church of Christ in Helena, Mont., participated in a “creation care” project that resulted…
Christian family inspired new movie ‘On a Wing and a Prayer’
The pilot was dead. As the private plane kept climbing on autopilot, topping 10,000 feet, Doug White told his wife, Terri, and two daughters to…
‘It’s the same Jesus’
CHICAGO — To a visitor entering the Northwest Church of Christ this past Sunday, the assembly might have sounded like the Day of Pentecost. Distinct…
Churches strive to reach ‘Next Level Up’ in 2023
ATLANTA — “We have the right message,” said Marcus Brummer, echoing a sentiment expressed by modern-day Churches of Christ for more than a century. So…
