September 20, 2023
Supporters have helped Ozark Christian College meet the $5.9 million goal for its Ready To Go campaign which targets three initiatives. . . . Plus briefs about SpireConference (Sept. 26-28), the Midwest Ministers' Retreat (Oct. 23-24), a tragedy in Kansas, and more.
December 3, 2018
By Max Lucado The Christmas tree hunt is on. Families are entering tents and patrolling sidewalks. They lift limbs and examine needles. They measure. They ponder. They consider. They barter. The tree can’t be too tall or too short. It needs to fit the room and the budget. It must be full yet not dense, mature but not dry. A noble fir for some. A Douglas fir or Virginia pine for others. The preferences are different, but the desire is the same. We want the perfect Christmas tree. And, oh, the special moment when we find it. When we lash
February 14, 2014
By Shelley Leith Christian church leaders share what happened when they committed to this plan for showing readers how the Bible fits together. What is the most biblically illiterate city in America? For one of the largest churches in the country, Christ”s Church of the Valley in Peoria, Arizona, the answer was a wake-up call. Executive pastor Ashley Wooldridge explains: “Here at CCV, we have a very keen and sobering understanding that we live in a completely biblically illiterate age. This especially came home to us when a recent Barna study ranked Phoenix as almost the most biblically illiterate city
February 13, 2014
By Brent Adams When one of the largest megachurches in America wanted to celebrate its 50th anniversary, leaders decided there was no better way than to point people to the message of the Bible. In summer 2011, the elders and staff at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky, started planning for the church”s 50th anniversary celebration, to be held the following year. They wanted to come up with something that would deflect attention away from the rapidly growing congregation and focus, instead, on the God who has blessed the church since its humble beginnings in the basement of a tiny
July 15, 2007
By Darrel Rowland “Many are the plans in a man”s heart, but it is the Lord”s purpose that prevails” (Proverbs 19:21). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . As a generation of longtime megachurch ministers approaches retirement age, more and more church leaders are faced with a crucial question: Who will fill their shoes? A growing number are not waiting until the preacher gives notice to start looking for
February 5, 2006
By Allan Dunbar What a unique opportunity God has placed before Christian churches and churches of Christ this year! Sadly, for 100 years this family has failed to model what “together in Christ” should look like. God is orchestrating something very special through the ministry of the North American Christian Convention this summer. It will be a time designed to add substance to dreams. The entire approach in planning focuses on building relationships with all who share this heritage and mission. In truth, the NACC will mirror a variety of events being planned by instrumental and a cappella groups throughout
April 7, 2026
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