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Louisville (Ky.) Bible College hosted a Celebration Service on Feb. 3 at Life Bridge Christian Church adjacent to the LBC campus, wrapping up the college’s 75th anniversary observance. The gathering also served to celebrate elimination of the school’s debt, which LBC has been working toward for several years. . . .
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Work on First Christian Church’s $3.2 million tower repair project in Columbus, Ind., has been completed. The 166-foot-tall masonry tower is a key visual element of the church, of Modernist design, completed in 1942. . . . Also briefs from Georgia, Tennessee, Oregon, and Texas . . . and about Dr. Jerry Taylor being featured on a podcast.
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People can sometimes get stuck in their spiritual growth. They start out well. They attend church, read their Bibles, and join a small group. And then they stall out. . . . Done With Stuck is a company that aims to give people tools to deal with the deep-seated issues that block their growth. . . .
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Christian Standard asked IDES to share a rundown of the organization’s disaster relief efforts during 2023, its 50th year. There were three major U.S. disasters and three major international disasters during the year to which IDES dedicated its resources, expertise, and manpower. But it is continuing to help with some pre-2023 disasters. All totaled, IDES helped close to 700,000 people . . .
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“Over the past several years, cheating and plagiarism have surfaced as hot topics in academia, the news media, and more recently, the church,” Dean M. Christensen wrote in 2005. “Several high-profile cases involve pastors of large churches who resigned, or were fired or suspended for repeated instances of ‘borrowing’ sermons from various sources without attribution” . . .
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Great Lakes Christian College in Lansing, Mich., has announced the impending retirement of one vice president and the promotion of another. . . . Also, the inaugural Jack W. Cottrell Lectureship and opening of the Jack Cottrell Memorial Library will take place on March 8 at Mid-Atlantic Christian University. . . .
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John Derry reflects on a career in Christian higher education that has included serving in campus ministry, as president of two Christian colleges, and with the ABHE accrediting agency. “My thinking has always been that we must seek to collaborate as we recruit from a shrinking pool of students and secure financial support,” he writes . . .
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Seasons 1-3 of “The Chosen” chronicle Jesus’ rise to celebrity status, including his remarkable preaching, miracles, and the call of his disciples. Season 4 takes a much darker turn. . . .
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Allan Dunbar, 84, who served as senior minister with Bow Valley Christian Church (formerly called Cambrian Heights Christian Church) in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, for 20-plus years, then served as president of Puget Sound Christian College in Seattle, and completed his professional career as executive director of the North American Christian Convention, died Jan. 28, 2024, in Kalispell, Mont., where he had resided for several years. . . .