Christian Standard Updates
Christian Standard Updates shares news and announcements from The Christian Standard—including editorial updates, new initiatives, special projects, and important changes that affect readers. Here you’ll find timely information about the magazine and website, upcoming features, events and partnerships, and ways to engage with our work. If you want to stay current on what’s happening at The Christian Standard and how we’re serving churches and leaders, this category is the place to start.
February 26, 2022
UKRAINE: Christian Church Ministries Respond to Russian Invasion
The president of a Christian institute in Kherson, Ukraine, along with his family and the college staff, have fled to a seminary in western Ukraine. Meanwhile, a church in Kherson now shelters 300 refugees.
February 23, 2022
PrayerFast Partners Needed (Plus News Briefs)
ICOM and TCM International Institute are partnering for a PrayerFast initiative to encourage and equip Christ followers to pray and fast regularly for the Great Commission. Plus briefs about the Stone-Campbell Journal Conference (April 8-9), Team Expansion, MACU, and more.
February 16, 2022
News Briefs for Feb. 16
Briefs about Farragut Christian Church's "Prom with the Stars," Mid-Atlantic Christian University having a naming contest for their new dining hall, Ozark's Preaching-Teaching Convention, and more.
February 9, 2022
News Briefs for Feb. 9
Briefs about the National Preaching Summit (March 7-8), Men's Day (March 5) and Ladies' Day (April 2) at St. Louis Christian College, a historic college basketball match-up pitting GLCC's Richard Westerlund coaching against his twin brother, and more.
February 8, 2022
Longtime Professor, Restoration Historian, James B. North Dies
Dr. James B. North, 81, longtime professor of church history at Cincinnati Christian University, frequent lecturer on church history, and a man who wrote extensively on the history of Christian churches and churches of Christ in America, died on Monday after battling cancer.
February 2, 2022
RENEW.org Launches Job Board (Plus Other News Briefs)
RENEW.org has launched a job board for ministers and congregations in the Christian Churches/Churches of Christ. Plus briefs from Johnson and Milligan universities, Ekklesia Christian Church, and more.
January 26, 2022
News Briefs for Jan. 26
News briefs from NewThing, IDES, Milligan University, the Missouri Christian Convention, Christian Financial Resources, and more.
January 20, 2022
Throwback Thursday: My Theology and My Approach to Aging (2016)
Here is a column about aging by our friend Dr. Robert F. Hull Jr., a longtime seminary professor who passed away on Saturday. Hull wrote: "It is more important to live wisely than to live long."
January 19, 2022
Longtime Seminary Professor Robert Hull Dies (Plus News Briefs)
Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan reported via Facebook that longtime professor of Greek and New Testament Dr. Robert F. Hull Jr. died on Saturday. (Also briefs about Christian college students returning for spring semester, an interview with Ability Ministry's president, and more.)
January 18, 2022
Churches Encouraged to Complete Our Annual Survey
All independent Christian churches and churches of Christ are encouraged to participate in Christian Standard’s annual survey, which is now available.
January 12, 2022
News Briefs for Jan. 12
The work of speed painter Cody Sabol—an alum of Kentucky Christian University—was featured on ESPN’s Monday Night Football telecast last week. Plus the 2022 conference dates for ICOM, Spire, Exponential, and more.
December 13, 2021
Tornado Recovery Plans Taking Shape in Kentucky
Tornadoes roared through six states over the weekend, destroying a Disciples of Christ church in Mayfield, Ky., among numerous other structures. (This article includes updates from IDES and Northeast Christian Church in Louisville.)
December 8, 2021
News Briefs for Dec. 8
Johnson University announced via Facebook that “our friend and professor” Lee Richardson passed away Tuesday, Nov. 30. Tommy Smith, JU’s president, referred to Richardson as “Johnson’s Renaissance man.” Plus briefs from Racine (Mo.) Christian Church, National Bible Bowl, and more.
December 1, 2021
Churches Move Because of Circumstances, Opportunities (Plus News Briefs)
Over the past several months, Mattoon (Ill.) Christian Church moved because of an arson fire and Compass Christian Church (Council Bluffs, Iowa) moved when two key developments occurred within 24 hours. Also briefs from ICOM and Milligan University.
November 17, 2021
News Briefs for Nov. 17
Five Christian churches came together Friday to serve more than 700 meals to healthcare workers at Baptist Health Corbin, a 273-bed hospital in Corbin, Ky. Plus briefs about Boulevard Christian Church, Essex, Md.; Community Christian Church in Downers Grove, Ill.; Central Christian College of the Bible; and more.
Words
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