U.S. News & World Reportโs annual โBest Collegesโ issue was released Monday. Among the colleges affiliated with Christian churches and churches of Christ to make the list:
โข Milligan University (Milligan, Tenn.)โNo. 12 in Regional Universities South; No. 2 in Best Value Schools in the South; No. 32 in Top Performers in Social Mobility (โfor enrolling and graduating large proportions of disadvantaged studentsโ)
โข Johnson University Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.)โNo. 26 in Regional Universities South; No. 13 in Top Performers in Social Mobility
โข William Jessup University (Rocklin, Calif.)โNo. 46 in Regional Colleges West; No. 23 in Best Colleges for Veterans; No. 44 for Top Performers in Social Mobility
โข Point University (West Point, Ga.)โNo. 68 in Regional Colleges South; No. 63 in Top Performers in Social Mobility
โข Hope International University (Fullerton, Calif.)โNo. 85 in Regional Colleges West; No. 64 for Top Performers in Social Mobility
โข Kentucky Christian University (Grayson, Ky.)โNo. 76โ99 in Regional Colleges South; No. 71 in Top Performers in Social Mobility
โข Bushnell University (Eugene, Ore.)โNo. 83 in Regional Colleges West; No. 86 in Top Performers in Social Mobility.
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Intentional Churches has planned โHow to Build a Resilient Churchโ luncheon events at three locations in Indiana next week. The ChurchOS/LunchPlus events include a meal and several other freebies for those who attend, including a copy of Intentional Churches written by the presenter, Bart Rendel.
The 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. luncheon learning events take place Sept. 20 at 110 Craft Meatery in Warsaw, Sept. 21 at Buca di Beppo in Greenwood, and Sept. 22 at BRU Burger Bar in Carmel. Learn more at intentionalchurches.com.
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Milligan University alumnus Del Harris, 85, was formally enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday. Harris thankedโamong othersโMilligan University, coach Duard Walker, and Milligan teammate Sonny Smith. (Back in June, Harris spoke with us about his enshrinement.)
Near the end of his speech, available via YouTube, Harris thanked Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball.
โ[Naismith] began adult life, as you know, as a pastor,” Harris said. “He also kept that up and was a chaplain . . . in World War I. . . . He said that God gave him the gift of basketball right here in Springfield [Mass.] . . . but he stated that the purpose of the game was for developing the spirit, mind, and bodyโin that order. [Cheers.] Sometimes we focus too much on the body. The concept fit right into who he was as a pastor but also as a basketball coach at Kansas, where pastor/coach Naismith remained true to his purpose in both.โ
Harris then shared how he studied to become a pastor, but his favorite professor advised him to work for a year and to coach a junior high basketball team during that time before committing to going to seminary. That life-changing decisionโas he shared in our articleโput him on the path to his Hall of Fame basketball career.
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โI cannot express how excited I am that today [Sept. 5] Ozark Christian Collegeโs Masterโs program starts classes with 80 students enrolled in the collegeโs 80th year of training men and women for Christian service,โ Dr. Shane J. Wood, dean of graduate studies, wrote on Facebook. โThis has been a labor of love for me and many people at the college over the last 8 years.โ ย Learn more about the masterโs program at masters.occ.edu.
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Thereโs still time to register for the Spire Conference, slated for Sept. 27โ29 in Orlando, Fla. Go to spire.network to learn more and to register.
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โSamaritanโs Purse may be best-known for giving shoeboxes full of toys to needy children around the world,โ Religion News Service wrote in a feature story about the 52-year-old ministry headed by Franklin Graham. โBut over the past 10 years, it has grown into one of the largest U.S. faith-based nonprofits, with annual revenues last year of $1 billion.โ Samaritan Purseโs humanitarian efforts have included 30 airlifts to Ukraine since Russia invaded that nation in February. Read about the ministry in โFrom Shoeboxes to War Zones.โ
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Mid-South Christian College in Memphis will host a free Minister Appreciation Banquet on Oct. 14. Ken Idleman will speak. Call (901) 375-4400 to reserve a spot.
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Manhattan (Kan.) Christian College is celebrating its 95th anniversary this school year.
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Christianity Today published an article celebrating the 250th anniversary of โAmazing Grace.โ
โThis is a hymn that has served as a first stuttering utterance of faith, as last words at deathโs door, and as a joyful benediction over festival revelers,โ the magazine wrote. โBut why this hymn?โ Why is it, by far, โthe most popular and successful hymn of all timeโ?
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Alligood Commonsโthe new cafeteria building at Mid-Atlantic Christian University in Elizabeth City, N.C.โopened last week, though the official ribbon-cutting is set for noon Sept. 29.
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