
November 5, 2026
Not Just on Sunday
Lonetta McKee

The July 2018 Christian Standard issue features Cam Huxford: A Portrait of Faithfulness and explores Restoration Movement history, unity, church planting, and leadership.
The July 2018 issue of Christian Standard centers on Cam Huxford: A Portrait of Faithfulness while also highlighting the wider health, history, and future of the Restoration Movement. Through Jerry Harrisās feature on Cam and Sarah Huxford, readers see a long record of steady ministry, courageous leadership through change, commitment to missions, and investment in the next generation at Compassion Christian Church. That cover story gives the issue a clear personal focus, but the larger contents broaden into a movement-wide reflection on restoration, unity, church planting, and faithfulness.
This issue also includes a special church report on small and very small churches, showing how congregations of modest size are making a meaningful impact in their communities and beyond. Other articles explore church planting in the Restoration Movement, best practices for Restoration Movement elders and leaders, the history of Christian Standard Media, reconciliation across racial and fellowship lines, and hopeful signs of cooperation among independents, a cappella churches of Christ, and Disciples ministers.
Together, the July 2018 Christian Standard issue offers both biography and big-picture perspective. It is especially useful for pastors, elders, church leaders, and readers who care about the Restoration Movementās identity, mission, and future. Readers looking for Cam Huxford: A Portrait of Faithfulness will find an issue that honors enduring ministry while also asking how churches can remain faithful, united, and mission-focused in the years ahead.
2-3 | Letter from the Publisher
Jerry Harris
6-7 | Letter from the Editor
Michael C. Mack
8-10 | Movement
Church Planting in the Restoration Movement
David Dummitt
11-13 | Imagine
Mountain House
Mel McGowan
14-16 | e2: Effective Elders
Five Best Practices for Restoration Movement Elders and Leaders
Jeff Faull
17-19 | Horizons
Project MaƱana
Emily Drayne
20-21 | MinistryLife
Love Is the End
Tyler McKenzie
25-27 | Special Church Report Part 3:
Small and Very Small Churches
Kent Fillinger
28-31 | Charts:
2017 Small and Very Small Churches
34-39 | Feature Article
Cam Huxford: A Portrait of Faithfulness
Jerry Harris
40-43 | Red and Yellow, Black and White
Justin Horey
44-47 | A Brief History of Christian Standard Media and Restoration Movement Media
Compiled by Shawn McMullen
48-51 | Restoring Godās Dream for Our World
Jon Ferguson
52-55 | Christian Standard Interview:
DOC Ministers Back at the NACC
Michael C. Mack
56-58 | Paddling Together in the Same Direction
Victor Knowles
59-63 | Why I Love the Restoration Movement
Rick Chromey
64-67 | Headlines
Chris Moon
68-69 | Nondenominationalish
Caleb Kaltenbach
70-71 | Interact
72 | Communion Meditation
A Hope for the Future
Jon Wren
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