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November 16, 2019

CCCB’s Plans in Cincinnati Include Maintaining 3 Ministry Assets

Central Christian College of the Bible, Moberly, Mo., which is working toward opening an extension campus in Cincinnati next spring, has announced plans to maintain “three key ministry support services” that have been a part of the soon-to-close Cincinnati Christian University. According to its website, CCCB plans to provide ministry education through the Russell School of Ministry, continue development of a national network of churches through the Center for Church Leadership, and provide library services through the George Mark Elliott Library. The Missouri college is asking for “the [financial] support of Cincinnati constituent friends and church families” to help make

October 16, 2013

Christian Standard

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Lipscomb Working to Save ‘Contributor’

By Jennifer Johnson Alumni fromÂ Lipscomb UniversityÂ (Nashville, TN)Â helped createÂ The Contributor, a “street newspaper” sold by the homeless in the city to provide a source of income for themselves and a source of information on homelessness to the public. Recently, Lipscomb alumni, administration, faculty, staff and students came together to save it. In September,Â The ContributorÂ “announced that unless enough money could be raised in the next month, the September issue would be its last,”Â Lipscomb writes. The college community raised more than $5,000 and LU presidentÂ Dr. Randy LowryÂ provided a matching gift, making the total donation over $11,000. “ContributorÂ vendors sell about 50,000 newspapers each week,”