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Apparently there has been some debate about the meaning of “koinonia” (Christian fellowship/community) as described in Acts 2:42 and the rest of the New Testament. I didn’t know that . . . until I listened to a recent podcast on the topic. . . .
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South African Church of Christ Mission celebrated its centennial with a huge gala this year. Christians remembered those who began the work and honored their leaders from the past century. Michael and Caryl Stanley, missionaries whose family has worked in South Africa for 70 years, celebrated a full half-century of service and officially retired from the work.
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Bob and Gretchen DeVoe—founders of Lifeline Christian Mission—have just published “Memoirs of Two Crooked Missionaries.” Also briefs from Pioneer Bible Translators, Ozark Christian College, and a retirement at Central Christian College of the Bible.
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Six churches combined to raise almost $190,000 this year for International Disaster Emergency Service (IDES) Harvest of Talents hunger projects. Over the past 39 years, Harvest of Talents events have generated $4.3 million to combat world hunger. Any individual or church can participate.
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e2:effective elders has created a four-part resource designed to empower elders to preach. “The Preaching Elder: Refilling the Preaching Pipeline” was created especially with elders in mind—to offer training through a book and other resources to help with a need that has developed because of a diminishing preaching pipeline.
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It’s been two years since Black Panther fans were stunned by the sudden loss of lead actor Chadwick Boseman to cancer. “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” is an extended tribute to his character, King T’Challa, and a passing of the torch to a new generation as Wakanda faces unprecedented global threats.
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The Little Folks’ New Testament Church in Ada, Okla., has their own “elders” and “deacons” and their own minister. “They observe the Lord’s Supper. They make their gifts. Best of all they do genuine personal work.”
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Tom Blackeagle, who ministered with McKinley Church of Christ for a decade and with the Yakima Indian Reservation and surrounding area (in Washington state) for many decades, was killed in an auto accident in Toppenish, Wash., on Nov. 20. Mr. Blackeagle served as president of the National Missionary Convention—forerunner of ICOM—in 2002 in Wichita, Kan.
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Dave Butts, 69, who started Harvest Prayer Ministries with his wife, Kim, in 1993, died Saturday morning, Nov. 26. He served in full-time prayer ministry for almost 30 years.