Inside Story
A miracle in my family — it’s time to tell the story
ATOKA, OKLA. — To Tod Dillard, COVID-19 was no big deal. Until it nearly killed him. The Air Force veteran and longtime law enforcement officer…
April 2025
View as PDFA miracle in my family — it’s time to tell the story • At an uncertain time, federal workers and ministers keep the faith • Lessons amid pandemic loss • Leaders forum draws crowd to Sin City • Reunited: Two 1980s gospel groups return to the stage • Healing bodies — and souls — in a Buddhist nation • Why go back to Ukraine? • Church-supported nonprofit loses, then regains, USAID funding after reprieve from Elon Musk • The changing face of urban ministry • Editorial: There is one body, so let’s act like it
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Top Stories
Lessons amid pandemic loss
Five years ago, COVID-19 turned the world upside down. On a Sunday in mid-March, numerous Churches of Christ in the U.S. and abroad canceled regular…
National
At an uncertain time, federal workers and ministers keep the faith
WASHINGTON — Every Sunday, some of the roughly 450,000 federal workers in the nation’s capital region worship at one of the Churches of Christ across…
National
Leaders forum draws crowd to Sin City
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Just 9 miles from the Las Vegas Strip, Christians gathered at the North Las Vegas Church of Christ to tackle…
National
Reunited: Two 1980s gospel groups return to the stage
MADISON, ALA. — Two gospel singing groups, the Hardeman Boys and Cornerstone Quartet, crossed paths at a youth rally in Bremen, Ga., in 1989. More…
National
$171 million for better sermons
MALIBU, CALIF. — Fun and sun in Southern California. Pizza and drinks on the beach. Thirty-one active and aspiring Christian preachers experienced these tangible benefits…
National
Christian Education: Health sciences at Faulkner, Chick-fil-A at FHU and the new HST library
Got interesting news to share involving schools and universities associated with Churches of Christ? We welcome readers’ tips and ideas. Email us at [email protected]. Featured…
National
Across the Nation: A new Kentucky children’s home, a Texas church’s 150th anniversary 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…
International
Healing bodies — and souls — in a Buddhist nation
MOUNG RUESSEI, CAMBODIA — On the grounds of a Buddhist temple, a crowd gathered in the shade of a mango tree. Adolescent monks, adorned in…
International
Betrayed by a nation, grateful to the church
He didn’t criticize President Donald Trump, who said that Ukraine started the war and called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “a dictator without elections.” He didn’t…
International
Why go back to Ukraine?
KYIV, UKRAINE — “Church and family.” Marina Noyes said it over and over when asked why she and her husband, Jim, came back to Ukraine.…
National
Church-supported nonprofit loses, then regains, USAID funding after reprieve from Elon Musk
Last Wednesday, Mark Moore sent an urgent message to the factory that packages a life-saving peanut butter called MANA: Stop putting USAID labels on the…
International
Around the World: ‘Football evangelism’ in Nigeria, church planting methods in the Philippines 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
Deeper Rest
OKLAHOMA CITY — “Affirming the Faith is this weekend. Ugh!” I said under my breath. Don’t get me wrong. I always enjoy this annual gathering…
Opinion
The changing face of urban ministry
ATLANTA — As the Atlanta Inner-City Ministry — known as AIM — hosted the recent National Urban Ministry Conference, keynote speaker Mark Powell had a…
Opinion
Surviving a pandemic
ABILENE, TEXAS — “Before the pandemic.” “Since the pandemic.” Those phrases mark time for us now the way “before the war” and “after the war”…
Reviews
Young adult ‘romantasy’ offers allegory for spiritual gifts
If I ever found myself stuck in a world in which people were born with magical gifts, I wonder what my gift would be. I…
Editorial
Editorial: There is one body, so let’s act like it
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — A motto commonly associated with the Restoration Movement goes like this: “In essentials, unity. In nonessentials, liberty. In all things,…