Inside Story
Wind and worship
WICHITA, KAN. — I won’t say Sunday was windy, but I’m pretty sure I saw Dorothy and Toto’s farmhouse swept up along Interstate 35. Despite high…
April 2026
View as PDFInside Story: Wind and Worship • Small churches find right fit at Equip • Prisoners of hope • Building Bible knowledge and slamming buzzers •Freed-Hardeman wins second men’s basketball national title in three years • Amid crisis, Cubans’ faith remains strong • Faith sustains Cuban farmer • ‘Cuban people love the American people’ • New freedoms, new challenges • Insight: What my Iranian Uber driver taught me about Jesus • Mission president wants America to read the Bible • Review: “The Spiritual Discipline of Confession” • Editorial: Choosing the prophet’s role • Bible for Iran? Be ready, ministry urges Christians • More than a family • ‘Deeper and Wider’ inner city ministry
In this issue:
National
Small churches find right fit at Equip
YORK, NEB. — To prepare for a panel discussion on small-town and rural Churches of Christ, minister Jason Zaiger reached out to more than 20…
International
Prisoners of hope
The scene was absolutely surreal. Iranian refugees cheered and sang, one of them waving an Israeli flag. Another stood atop a delivery truck, unleashing canisters…
National
Building Bible knowledge and slamming buzzers
WHEELING, W.VA. — This version of March Madness traded hoops for buzzers, ball skills for Bible knowledge and a basketball court for a church sanctuary.…
National
FHU men’s basketball wins NAIA national championship — again
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Using their stout defense, Freed-Hardeman University’s Lions held off the Langston Lions to bring home the Maude Naismith Trophy and the…
Across the Nation: Faith and fitness and more quick takes
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…
Top Stories
No fuel? No food? Amid crisis in Cuba, there’s no shortage of faith
MATANZAS, CUBA — René Sánchez Blanco sailed eight hours on a ferry from the Isle of Youth to Cuba’s mainland and then spent five hours…
International
Faith sustains Cuban farmer during time of crisis
LIMONAR, CUBA — It’s a tough time for Christian farmer Jorge Sánchez. A U.S. blockade on oil shipments to this Caribbean island nation has spurred…
Inside Story
‘Cuban people love the American people’
MATANZAS, CUBA — This might seem like a bad time for Americans to visit Cuba. Tony Fernandez thinks it’s the perfect time. The longtime minister…
International
New freedoms, new challenges
SOFIA, BULGARIA — He picked the wrong guy to evangelize. It got him a punch in the stomach — and what likely would have been…
International
Around the World: A joyful noise in Australia, Christian worship in Pakistan 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…
Insight
What my Iranian Uber driver told me about Jesus
EDMOND, OKLA. — I arranged to meet my new friend Tony at a falafel place for lunch on Saturday. That morning, my home country attacked…
National
Eastern European Mission president wants America to read the Bible
ARLINGTON, Texas — Bob Burckle wants everyone in Eastern Europe to have the chance to read God’s Word. He also wants everyone in the United…
Reviews
‘The Spiritual Discipline of Confession’
Recent years have witnessed a surge of insightful new works on the history of Churches of Christ, including several aimed at a general readership within…
Editorial
Editorial: Choosing the prophet’s role
We love to quote Micah: And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with…
International
Bibles for Iran? Be ready, ministry urges Christians
Missionaries in Vienna, Austria, launched Eastern European Mission in 1961 to smuggle Bibles in all the languages of the Soviet World — Hungarian, Romanian, Polish…
National
‘Deeper and Wider’ inner city ministry
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — “When ministering in the city, you’re never far from unpredictability.” So said Steve Cloer in his keynote address to open…