Organizations & Events

SPOTLIGHT: Alvadore Christian Church (Junction City, OR)

SPOTLIGHT: 2|42 Community Church (Michigan)

Emmanuel Awarded Pathways for Tomorrow Grant from Lilly Endowment

A Lilly Endowment grant will support efforts by Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan University in addressing challenges that limit prospective students and underrepresented populations from attending and graduating.

FCC-Lamar Adding Family Life Center (Plus News Briefs)

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,…

MACU Sends Students Home in Anticipation of Possible ‘Civil Unrest’

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…

Mountain Mission School: One Hundred Years of Service

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…

GNPI Launches ‘100 Lights’ Campaign (Plus News Briefs)

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…

Lifeline Opening Louisville Centre with ‘Million Meal Pack’

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…

Former CCU Campus to Become a Charter School Site

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…

Two Churches Open New Buildings Just in Time for Easter

Many churches that offered only taped or livestreamed Easter services last year are excited to be planning in-person gatherings this year. But two churches—Discovery Christian Church in Mars,…

Harvest Prayer Ministries Starts PrayerU (Plus News Briefs)

Harvest Prayer Ministries has started PrayerU, an online school of prayer for individuals, small groups, and churches.

KCU Plans Cane Ridge Tour (Plus News Briefs)

Kentucky Christian University plans to host a celebration at Cane Ridge (near Paris, Ky.) on the 220th anniversary of the Cane Ridge Revival this August.

Johnson U. Royals Win Men’s Basketball National Title

The Johnson University Royals claimed the Knoxville, Tenn., school’s first-ever national championship Saturday when the men’s basketball team defeated Arlington (Texas) Baptist University 95-74. The 2021 NCCAA DII…

Inmates Are First to See Church-Produced Film, ‘A Father’s Fight’

First Capital Christian Church’s first feature-length film received its world premiere last week . . . at the Harrison County Jail in Corydon, Ind. “We really wanted to…

Iowa Church Buying YMCA Property for Third Campus

Antioch Christian Church in Marion, Iowa, is taking steps to launch its third campus by purchasing a struggling YMCA facility on the west side of Cedar Rapids. After…