March 13, 2026
John Hampton and David Vaughan share lessons from more than four decades of friendship shaped by ministry, shared history, and golf. Their “buddy-building blocks” highlight intentionality, grace, loyalty, and finishing well together.
January 14, 2025
TCM’s tools and mission have adapted to past changes, but the enduring focus today remains the same: to equip Christian leaders for significant service so that every nation will have effective leaders of disciple-making movements impacting their churches, cultures, and countries for Christ.
April 16, 2024
In his new book, "From Poles to Pews: How America’s Most Infamous Strip Club Became a Church," Dan Garrett tells the story of the closure of Atlanta’s Gold Club and its unlikely transformation into Christian Church Buckhead. . . .
March 1, 2024
Reflections on the centennial issue of Christian Standard from 1966 . . .
January 1, 2023
‘How do we hold onto truth while loving and pursuing a world that seems to question everything?’ By Brent Bramer My dad is a builder. My earliest memories as a kid were waking up early, climbing into his truck, and driving onto an empty plot of land as the sun rose. We’d walk together, and I’d listen to him talk and dream about the home he was about to build. My dad would walk the lines where the foundation would be poured. He’d try to explain and describe where the rooms would be placed, the walls would be framed, and
After 23 years at the helm of Great Lakes Christian College in Lansing, Mich., Larry Carter is calling it a career. He's served in ministry nearly 50 years after intending to spend only one year attending Bible college. . . .
When Charles “Chuck” Faber began as a full-time professor at Boise Bible College, he committed three years to the school before considering anything else. Forty years later he is still at BBC, influencing young and old to study, think, and live God’s way. Faber, who grew up a missionary kid in Japan, attended Cincinnati Bible College and Seminary, where he graduated with honors. In 1980, when invited to move his family to Boise, Idaho, for his first job after college, Faber and his wife, Patti, sold their house in the Cincinnati area, rented a truck, and drove to Idaho with
In the late 1990s on into the early 2000s, the Christian Standard office would occasionally receive phone calls that would start something like this: “Hello, Jim. This is Chaplain Colonel Barber” (spoken with a hint of a Southern twang). During our conversations, George Russell Barber would share recollections of his service in the Army and to God during World War II, of landing on Omaha Beach with American forces on D-Day, of sharing a can of Spam with legendary war correspondent Ernie Pyle a day later, of helping select the site for the U.S. Cemetery overlooking the beach, and of
December 4, 2018
Former Christian college president and longtime Christian Restoration Association trustee Harvey C. Bream Jr., 95, of Mason, Ohio, died on Saturday, Dec. 1. His funeral service will take place at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Christ’s Church at Mason. Mr. Bream served the Lord in many roles through the years. He was president of Cincinnati Bible College and Seminary (now called Cincinnati Christian University) from 1970 to 1986, and was chancellor an additional 3 years. He had served as trustee with the CRA since 1951, while also serving 10 years as CRA director and editor of The Restoration Herald, and 7
June 20, 2017
God knows what we need before we ask him, and he knew I needed Mike Mack. As the new publisher of Christian Standard Media, my first major responsibility was finding a qualified, passionate editor for Christian Standard. The Lord provided a writer, editor, minister, and disciple maker who already had a great relationship with the magazine, and I”m excited to have him tell you a little about his story. “”Jerry Harris _ _ _ By Michael C. Mack God drastically changed my life in 1988. I found Jesus, found a great church, was baptized, lost my job, started seminary, and
By Mark A. Taylor What sermons do you remember? I remember a sermon preached by Wayne Smith at a Talent Rally at Lincoln Christian College when I was just a teenager. God used that sermon to prod me toward vocational Christian service. I remember a sermon by Paul Jones preached at Cincinnati Bible College chapel that moved me and most who heard him to express appreciation to our parents. Another time in that same chapel building John Wilson preached about his daily prayer routine. And I”m still challenged to pray like he described. I”ve listened to sermons that have helped
March 12, 2008
By Brad Dupray As a senior at Cincinnati Christian University, 22-year-old Justin Bilyeu is honing his leadership skills as captain of both the basketball and baseball teams and as a dormitory resident assistant. In his “spare time” he is a member of the golf team, too. More importantly, Justin is studying for ministry by pursuing a BA in biblical studies. Justin says, “Cincinnati has a preaching degree, but I chose the biblical studies route to go a little more in depth. I”ll use my summer internships to gain preaching experience.” Justin grew up at the Okolona Christian Church in Louisville,
May 10, 2006
By Brad Dupray Teresa Metzger met her husband, Jeff, while both were students at Cincinnati (Ohio) Bible College in the 1970s. They traveled throughout the United States representing the school with the Come Alive Singers before entering a lifelong career in ministry. Now the Metzgers are preparing to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary and their three children are grown. Teresa is director of worship and arts at River Hills Christian Church in Cincinnati where Jeff serves as the senior pastor. You headed off to Bible college right out of high school. Did you want to marry a minister? Either a
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