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First Christian Church in Lamar, Mo.—which just celebrated its 150th anniversary—is planning a $2 million Family Life Center. Also briefs about Point University, City Church OTR, Chuck Terrill, Southeast Christian (Louisville), and more.
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Mid-Atlantic Christian University canceled classes for Monday and Tuesday and is sending students home after the mayor of Elizabeth City, N.C., declared a state of emergency in anticipation of the local sheriff’s office releasing body camera footage in the shooting death last week of Andrew Brown Jr.
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After a yearlong travel hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the leaders at Amor Ministries are hoping they can begin leading short-term mission trips again in June.
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Room For Doubt is offering a free “Apologetics Boot Camp” in June and July to teachers in Christian high schools, homeschools, public schools, churches, and camps. . . . Plus news briefs from Florida, Georgia, Texas, Michigan, and more.
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Mountain Mission School of Grundy, Va., celebrates its centennial anniversary this month. When the school was started, 17 denominations had mission schools in the Appalachia area; today, Mountain Mission School is the only one still operating.
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GNPI has launched a “100 Lights” capital campaign to raise $1.45 million over the next two years with the vision of using “media and online curriculum to train more people around the world on how to use technology as their tools to attract and teach people . . . about Jesus,” president Mike Schrage announced via Facebook.
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A minister transition is a challenging time for a church . . . and the process is not easy on ministers either. Find Your Next Minister/Ministry is a new service from the CCL Network to help both churches and ministers thrive in the transition process.
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Lifeline Christian Mission will host a “Million Meal Pack Marathon” April 24 through May 15 with the goal of packing 1 million meals across all four of its U.S. Lifeline Centres, including the newest ones in Lexington and Louisville, Ky.
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The longtime site of now-closed Cincinnati Christian University is changing hands. CCU’s 54-acre campus has been sold to IDEA Public Schools, a Texas company that operates 120 schools in Texas and Louisiana.