A fifth person has been arrested on charges in the deaths of two women from Hugoton, Kan. Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley, a minister’s wife, went missing March 30 and were found dead on an Oklahoma farm April 14. . . .
“In one sense Christians are clones,” Virgil Felton wrote in 1984. “We are cloned in God’s image (Genesis 1:27). We are cloned by a new birth (John 3:5). We are cloned as new creatures (2 Corinthians 5:17). . . .”
Bob Vernon, 97, an Ozark Bible College graduate who, with his brothers, was a pioneer in Christian television broadcasting, died April 14. . . . David and Dolly Nicholson are retiring after decades of service. . . . A “Kelley Family Benefit Fund” has been established . . . plus more.
In his new book, “Not Too Old,” Christian Standard contributing editor David Faust explains how “your later years can be greater years.” In the book, David encourages readers to continue to “bear fruit in old age” (Psalm 92:14) . . .
Dr. Richard E. “Dick” Brown, 86, who served many years as professor and academic dean at Nebraska Christian College, died peacefully, with his wife by his side, at Atlantic (Iowa) Specialty Care on April 17, 2024. Dr. Brown also serve many churches throughout the Midwest. . . .
A Celebration of Life service is set for April 30 at Hugoton (Kan.) First Christian Church for Jilian Kelley, 39, the wife of the church’s minister, Heath Kelley. Jilian was one of two women found dead April 14 after going missing March 30 while supervising a child custody exchange. . . .
Exponential has announced a new strategic partnership with Ed Stetzer to operate and steward the Church Planting Leadership Fellowship (CPLF). This collaborative effort aims to amplify the network’s impact and extend its reach within the church-planting community, according to an announcement at Exponential’s website. . . .
When Isaac Errett [1820–1888] came into leadership in the Restoration movement there was need of a new type of literature. . . . His writings were more Scriptural and less theological, more practical and less philosophical. . . .
Who would deny that love is one of the largest (if not the largest) themes of Scripture? It is the most descriptive characteristic of God himself (1 John 4:8). . . .
Every Christian has received grace (charis) and therefore has been given gifts (or charisma) from the Holy Spirit to be used in ministry in the body of Christ. . . .
There is a mind-boggling profundity in the message of the cross. What seems to be a picture of weakness actually is the only true power to get us home to God. . . .
What constitutes success in the church? The number of seats occupied on Sunday mornings? The number of baptisms per year? . . . For the apostle Paul, one litmus test for church success surely was edification.