News & Updates

UKRAINE: Ministry Continues Amid Russian Attacks in Mariupol, Odesa, and Western Ukraine

"Surviving is just one side of the story [in Ukraine],” says Natasha Reimer from Mulberry International. “The other side is saying goodbye to loved ones.” . . .

Ukrainians Providing Aid to One Another

In the midst of war, Ukrainians are reaching out to help one another survive. Ukrainians who initially evacuated certain areas have since been attempting to return to areas…

UKRAINE: Refugees Flood Western Ukraine

Residents of western Ukraine are hosting refugees in their homes and helping them obtain provisions as these displaced people attempt to flee to Poland and other Eastern European…

News Briefs for March 2

News from the Preaching-Teaching Convention at Ozark Christian College, CMF International, IDES, Waypoint Church Partners, St. Louis Christian College, and more.

UKRAINE: Kharkiv Under Fire; Russians Enter Kherson

Kharkiv has been the target of some of Russia’s fiercest attacks this week. The second-largest city in Ukraine, located about 30 miles from the Russian border, has a…

UKRAINE: What You Need to Know About Ukrainians and Russians

Our family served as missionaries in Kherson, Ukraine, in the 1990s. CNN has a correspondent in Kherson, so I’ve watched the invasion of “my” city on television. Here’s…

March/April 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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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.

News Briefs for Jan. 26

News briefs from NewThing, IDES, Milligan University, the Missouri Christian Convention, Christian Financial Resources, and more.

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…