Around the World: Knife attack in Croatia, a Gospel Chariot in Mexico 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…
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Around the World: Flooding in Thailand, Sukkot celebrations in Israel 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…
A medical mission to ‘the hub of Boko Haram’
DONGOL, NIGERIA — Stepping through stalks of sorghum, a woman carried her elderly mother-in-law to a makeshift clinic set up between fields. As a small…
A protest of bears
WASHINGTON — Six hundred white and brown teddy bears — many holding small blue-and-yellow flags — sat in symmetrical rows near the Washington Monument, the…
Faith and friendship: Behind the scenes of a Ukrainian/American Thanksgiving
HOUSTON — Finally, I scooped David Duncan — and with news involving his own church. Duncan, who preaches for the 1,000-member Memorial Church of Christ in this…
Around the World: Meeting King Charles, honoring a minister to West Africa 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…
20 years, 16 souls, one nation
ASUNCION, PARAGUAY — Sixteen Christians — from the U.S., Paraguay and even Italy — have served on the Asunción mission team during the past two…
A pair of decades in Paraguay
ASUNCION, PARAGUAY — The mission didn’t go as planned. Twenty years ago, a team of Freed-Hardeman University graduates moved to the capital of this South…
Ukrainian refugees prepare a special Thanksgiving feast to show gratitude to Texas Christians
HOUSTON — A year ago, Memorial Church of Christ volunteers served Ukrainian refugee families a traditional Thanksgiving meal from Pappas Bar-B-Q, a popular Houston restaurant chain.…
A London congregation seeks to become ‘all things for all men’
LONDON — The Stratford Church of Christ packed into the cafeteria of the St. Francis Catholic Primary School on an overcast Sunday. Once, this was…
