Ozark Christian College created videos honoring three longtime employees who are retiring: Gerald Griffin, David McMillin, and Gary Zustiak. Also briefs from Mid-South Christian College, William Jessup University, two churches in Kansas, and more.
August 21, 2019
By Jim Nieman With school resuming and families settling back into a routine, South Rock Christian Church has planned an outdoor community worship service at a city park through which it hopes to reach hundreds of unchurched people. This Sunday’s event, dubbed South Rock ONE, “is all about reaching people who don’t know Christ and/or don’t have a church,” said Rick Wheeler, lead pastor with SRCC, located in Derby, Kan., a few miles south of Wichita. The church averages about 1,300 in weekly attendance. “We’ve done outreach events off-site, but never a worship service,” Wheeler said. “We sent a letter
May 28, 2012
By Kent E. Fillinger Consistency and longevity are apt descriptors for 150-year-old Corinth Christian Church in Loganville, Georgia. Adam Turner, who is in his seventh year at Corinth, is still the new kid on the block (literally and figuratively). Turner, 32, has been senior minister at Corinth since 2009, after serving as the church”s youth minister for four years. In most churches, a minister with seven years of tenure would be a veteran, but not at Corinth. By comparison, Don Hardison served as Corinth”s senior minister for 42 years, until he transitioned to the part-time role of shepherding minister in
January 28, 2007
By Scott Eynon Wayne Smith spoke at the 1997 Florida Christian Convention and made a comment about his church”s growth””Southland Christian Church, Lexington, Kentucky””that moved my church to take action. Wayne said, “Since they”re not making any more land, we decided to buy as much as we could.” That made sense to us. I”ve served as senior pastor with Community Christian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, since 1994. Our church had been experiencing consistent growth, but we had just 3.65 acres of land and an auditorium that would seat about 275 people. Our church is about 20 minutes from the
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