The Just One Challenge
Bob Russell and college presidents urge churches to pray for future kingdom workers through the Just One Challenge, a Matthew 9:38 initiative calling believers to recruit and encourage new ministers.
Articles for tag: Ozark Christian College
September 1, 2010
Growing Like Jesus: The Spiritual Discipline of Parenting
Matthew Proctor reflects on parenting as a spiritual discipline, showing how raising children teaches humility, sacrifice, trust, and joy while shaping parents more closely into the image of Christ.
August 1, 2010
Interview with Derek Lauer
Derek Lauer reflects on pastoral ministry, stress, burnout, loneliness, vulnerability, and the essential role elders play in supporting ministers through difficult seasons.
June 6, 2010
What Is a Sermon? A Survey of Scripture . . .
Mark Scott explores what a sermon is, how Scripture describes preaching, and what faithful sermons should accomplish in the hearts and lives of listeners.
Like Father, Like Son
Victor Knowles explores how faithful homes, supportive parents, prayer, hospitality, and ministry modeled up close helped shape several father-son ministry families in the Restoration Movement.
Interview with Aaron Brockett
Aaron Brockett reflects on succeeding Howard Brammer at Traders Point Christian Church, leading through change, earning trust, and depending on God’s sovereignty in pastoral transition.
March 14, 2010
Here”s What”s Happening at Our Christian Colleges
Colleges and seminaries associated with Christian churches and churches of Christ share updates on leadership transitions, new programs, campus projects, missions, online learning, and ministry training.
February 28, 2010
Honor Where It”s Due: A Report on the 2009 National Missionary Convention
John Caldwell reflects on the National Missionary Convention’s growth, honors Walter and Iva Lou Birney’s decades of service, and highlights a renewed call to prayer, missions, and workers for the harvest.
December 31, 2009
Obituaries from 2009
A memorial listing honoring ministers, missionaries, educators, church leaders, and ministry partners whose lives and service shaped congregations, schools, missions, and Christian communities.
December 2, 2009
Interview with David Bycroft
David Bycroft reflects on how Tyro Christian Church grew in a town of 250 through long-term leadership, volunteer ministry, rural outreach, and a steady focus on reaching the lost.
November 15, 2009
Growing Leaders in a Young Church: Infancy to Eldership
Dave Smith reflects on planting CrossWay Christian Church and explains why patient leadership development, outside accountability, and proven servant character were essential to the church’s health.
September 2, 2009
Reflecting Our Desire to Serve a Diverse Fellowship
Mark A. Taylor explains how Christian Standard’s contributing editors reflect the fellowship’s diversity and introduces three new voices joining the magazine’s rotating advisory group.
Interview with John Caldwell
John Caldwell reflects on 35 years at Kingsway Christian Church, sharing lessons on long-term ministry, spiritual disciplines, elders, succession planning, and faithful perseverance.
One State, Three Bible Colleges
Administrators from Missouri’s three Bible colleges gathered to explore shared goals, reduce expenses, advance excellence, and model unity through practical collaboration.
May 24, 2009
The 2006 Unity Efforts: Three Years Later
David Faust reflects on the 2006 unity efforts between Christian churches and churches of Christ, naming what changed, what did not, and why cooperation still matters.
May 6, 2009
Interview with Glen & Shirley Liston
Glen and Shirley Liston reflect on raising five sons in a ministry family, encouraging churches, parents, and young people to value faithful service and vocational ministry.
March 15, 2009
FROM MY BOOKSHELF: For Presiders, Preachers, Prayers, and Other Leaders
LeRoy Lawson reviews five Christian books on the Lord’s Supper, the Lord’s Prayer, preaching, hermeneutics, and the ministry needs of smaller churches.
December 31, 2008
Obituaries from 2008
A 2008 alphabetical obituary listing remembering Christian ministers, missionaries, educators, church leaders, and faithful servants connected with churches, colleges, missions, and ministries across the Restoration Movement.
December 21, 2008
Questioning Worship
Tom Lawson reflects on how worship often gives us answers, yet Scripture’s questions may follow us home and lead to deeper insight and changed lives.
December 17, 2008
Interview with Jon Weece
Jon Weece explains how Southland Christian Church’s controversial Christmas outreach decision became a year-round commitment to serving people outside the church’s walls.
