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While traveling home from the 2023 International Conference on Missions—which finished up Saturday in Oklahoma City—ICOM Executive Director David Empson said he kept track of his messages. He said he was pleased with what he was hearing. . . .
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The cross country teams from Milligan University in Tennessee turned in outstanding performances at the NAIA National Championships, with the men capturing the national title and the women finishing fourth. This postseason sports roundup includes reports from athletes at Milligan, Ozark, Great Lakes, Hope International, Manhattan, and Dallas competing in cross country, soccer, volleyball, and golf.
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Dr. Daniel Overdorf is set to succeed Tommy Smith as president of Johnson University in Knoxville, Tenn., on July 1, 2024. Overdorf, a 1995 graduate of JU, has taught at the school since 2005. . . .
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Great Lakes Christian College’s recent Legacy Scholarship Banquet exceeded is fund-raising goal, ensuring that the school can continue providing tuition-free scholarships to the children of ministers and missionaries. . . .
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“Why not be thankful this year?” minister Orval M. Morgan wrote at the height of the Great Depression. “What are a few years of depression when compared to God’s eternity? . . . God is still God; Christ is still the Saviour of the world; the Holy Spirit our Comforter; prayer our privilege and the Bible our open Book. . . .”
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From almost the moment we posted a list of the oldest Independent Christian Churches and Churches of Christ still meeting for worship each week, we began receiving updates to our list from readers. The list of churches that started before 1860 stood at 51 when we posted it on Nov. 1. Since then, it has grown to 105. . . .
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When the 2023 International Conference on Missions opens this week in Oklahoma City, it will do so with high hopes—and in a place ICOM hasn’t been in 50 years. The theme this year is “Hope for the Nations.” Stephanie Freed of Rapha International is serving as president . . .
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Briefs about the re-release of a novel about Alexander Campbell, videos from CMF International, a Midwest Christian College reunion, Harding University’s 100th anniversary, and more.
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“Twenty-five years ago, I finally left the Land of Numb—the land where I was raised,” pastor Don Follis writes. “The ruts run deep to that land, and I still know the way back. From time to time, I return there. Most days, though, I can barely see it in my rearview mirror. . . .”