18 July, 2024

News

A Friendship Recession

A Friendship Recession

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Over the past 30 years, a growing number of Americans are reporting they have fewer friends—and the situation has only gotten worse during the COVID-19 pandemic. What can your church do?

After Tough Year, MACU’s President Anticipates Brighter Days

After Tough Year, MACU’s President Anticipates Brighter Days

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Mid-Atlantic Christian University has had to cope with a lot during the past year or so: COVID-19, a partially collapsed classroom building, protests after law enforcement shot and killed a Black man in its hometown. We spoke with MACU president John Maurice about those challenges . . . and the year ahead.

News Briefs for Aug. 4

News Briefs for Aug. 4

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Milligan University student-athlete Megan Jastrab won a bronze medal in the Women’s Team Pursuit Tuesday as part of the U.S. Women’s Cycling team at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. (Plus briefs about the Stone-Campbell Journal, the death of Murray Hollis, and Ozark Christian College’s upcoming Branson Conference.)