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Building homes and hope
10+ hour ago (1665+ words) SAN BARTOLO, EL SALVADOR " Hours before dawn, volunteers lay out tools, stage concrete panels and offer quiet prayers in this working-class suburb east of El Salvador's capital, San Salvador. By the time the mission team from Texas arrives at the…...
Preacher, attorney Mark Lanier challenges Zuckerberg, social media in California courtroom
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (512+ words) Mark Lanier stood on the steps of a Los Angeles courthouse and prayed, surrounded by families who say their children have suffered grave harm as a result of social media." That same day, Lanier confronted Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg with…...
Coverage of Nashville church dispute
2+ week, 9+ hour ago (39+ words) Find links to all the stories below: " Historic Nashville church building languishes amid lawsuits " Settlement requires sale of historic Nashville church building " Nashville church settles second lawsuit, will repay lost mission fund " Nashville church celebrates a legacy of generosity...
Three churches, two iguanas, one Sunday
3+ week, 13+ hour ago (376+ words) SOUTHWEST RANCHES, FLA. " I hit the church-hopping trifecta, visiting three South Florida congregations in one Sunday morning. The trip was a last-minute, skymiles-burning endeavor sparked by the Jan. 3 capture of Venezuelan President Nicol's Maduro. Related: After a harrowing journey from…...
In North Korea, the Gospel’s in the air
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1220+ words) GIMPO, SOUTH KOREA " North Korea is right there. Standing on the observation deck at Aegibong Peace Ecopark, holding cups of coffee from the brand new Starbucks behind them, visitors gaze across the Han River to the rolling hills of the…...
After a harrowing journey from Venezuela, ‘God found him’
3+ week, 2+ day ago (690+ words) PLANO, TEXAS " He came from Venezuela as a refugee at rock bottom. He'll go back a new creation. Faiver Alejandro surrendered his life to Jesus in baptism on Jan. 4, a little more than 24 hours after he learned that U.S. forces had…...
Venezuelans ‘have brought revival’ to U.S. churches
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1777+ words) WESTON, FLA. " One worked for a multinational tech company. Another was a petroleum engineer. Still another, an Olympic medalist. As the economy sank and political repression rose in their native Venezuela, they made the heartwrenching decision to leave everything and…...
ICE has gone too far
3+ week, 4+ day ago (769+ words) Editor's note: This is one of two alternate perspectives on immigration enforcement. Read the other piece here. The federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota and Chicago has gone too far, and ICE's tactics are biblically wrong and illegal. While we all…...
Anti-immigration, pro-love of neighbor
3+ week, 4+ day ago (679+ words) Editor's note: This is one of two alternate perspectives on immigration enforcement. Read the other piece here. As tensions continue to rise surrounding immigration restriction and federal enforcement of it, Christians are left to consider where God would have us…...
For Churches of Christ, winter storm is an unchosen Sabbath
3+ week, 4+ day ago (652+ words) In downtown Nashville, Tenn., the historic meeting place of the Lindsley Avenue Church of Christ is under a historic sheet of ice. Record snowfall covered a 2,000-miles swath of the United States in the final week of January. From New…...