1+ day, 11+ min ago  (510+ words) More than 200 residents of Kerr County " victims of the devastating July 4, 2025, floods in Central Texas that killed at least 138 people " will be honored on the anniversary of that tragedy by a local church that spent the past year serving, feeding,…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1441+ words) CELINA, TENN. " "We love Mitchell." That phrase has echoed through the pews of Beech Bethany Church of Christ, across group texts and hospital rooms, since 17-year-old Mitchell Boles was diagnosed last summer with a rare, aggressive bone cancer. Boles, who's…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (679+ words) MADRID " Juan L'zaro had already prepared his Sunday message when back-to-back earthquakes devastated Venezuela. So the elder of the Church of Christ on Teruel Street decided to pivot from the New Testament's call to evangelize to its affirmation that even…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (593+ words) The back-to-back earthquakes that devastated Venezuela last week keep claiming lives " even among those rendering aid to victims. Joaqu'n Rodr'guez, a minister and one of the leaders of the La Guaira Church of Christ in coastal Venezuela, suffered a heart…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1022+ words) NEW ORLEANS " It wasn't one of those side hugs, a "Hi, nice to meet you" hug. When I walked into the Hollygrove Church of Christ for Sunday worship, Willie Marsalis gave me a rib-crushing hug as if he were reuniting…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (591+ words) We all know about the rut " the one that we who have been Christians for quite some time can get into. The one where our spiritual fervor is depleted and our autopilot kicks on to keep us moving forward. This…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago  (523+ words) Members of Churches of Christ are among those lost in a series of earthquakes that shook the South American nation of Venezuela Wednesday. "It's a terrible situation," said Germ'n Chirinos, a minister in the nation's capital, Caracas, in a message…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1411+ words) NASHVILLE, TENN. " Mark Adams stood in his office at the Tusculum Church of Christ, quietly rehearsing vocal exercises as worship hymns echoed from the sanctuary on a Sunday morning. In a few moments, he would step into the pulpit " but…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1394+ words) NEW ORLEANS " Willie Marsalis remembers the night he and his parents spent camping on a crowded bridge, surrounded by the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina, listening to gunfire in the distance. "I remember it vividly. I remember everything," said Willie, who…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1219+ words) HOUSTON "When Maurice Costabile first showed up at a Houston church a few years ago, members had no clue his late father, Duilio, was a beloved TV cameraman dubbed the "Mayor of Yankee Stadium." They had no idea his late…...