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Cool video: ‘Soul Food’ on the menu for Wyoming youth group Cool video: ‘Soul Food’ on the menu for Wyoming youth group Christian Chronicle  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  News  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  America
Cool video: ‘Soul Food’ on the menu for Wyoming youth group
Major fast-food chains such as Sonic, Arby's and Wendy's receive air time in this video by the Cheyenne Church of Christ youth group in Wyoming. But the emphasis is on feeding the soul.
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Ohio Valley University students form boxing team Ohio Valley University students form boxing team Christian Chronicle  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  News  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  America
Ohio Valley University students form boxing team
When Ben Murphy lost a schoolyard fight at age 14 — after three punches — it marked a turning point in his life. Today, Murphy, 19, from Toronto, Canada, is a student at Ohio Valley University in Vienna, W.Va., and is one of seven students there forming a boxing team, despite the challenges.
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BREAKING NEWS: Western Christian College and High School in Canada to close BREAKING NEWS: Western Christian College and High School in Canada to close Christian Chronicle  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  News  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  America
BREAKING NEWS: Western Christian College and High School in Canada to close
Financially beleaguered Western Christian College and High School — a pillar of Churches of Christ in Canada — will close at the end of this academic year. Academic dean Bill Schwartz confirmed the news today in an e-mail to The Christian Chronicle. The Society that oversees the high school and college in Regina, Saskatchewan, voted Saturday to cease operations indefinitely in June, Schwartz said.
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Day of prayer organized for Charles Siburt as he battles cancer Day of prayer organized for Charles Siburt as he battles cancer Christian Chronicle  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  News  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  America
Day of prayer organized for Charles Siburt as he battles cancer
As Charles Siburt battles cancer, friends and ministers mentored by him plan a day of prayer and fasting Friday, Feb. 3. Siburt, associate dean for ministry programs and services at Abilene Christian University in Texas, is a well-known leader among Churches of Christ.
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Texas church family mourns teen who ‘kept on smiling’ Texas church family mourns teen who ‘kept on smiling’ Christian Chronicle  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  News  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  America
Texas church family mourns teen who ‘kept on smiling’
Matthew Phillips' church family in Abilene, Texas, is mourning the 16-year-old's death.
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Faulkner University to equip students with iPads Faulkner University to equip students with iPads Christian Chronicle  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  News  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  America
Faulkner University to equip students with iPads
Faulkner University officials announced a significant new technology initiative Wednesday that will put iPads into the hands of 1,000 traditional students this fall, among other items. The Eagle iAdvantage program will upgrade the university's website and wireless Internet infrastructure and add more opportunities for interactive digital learning. Through the use of iPads, the university also hopes to make use of e-texts, with the ultimate goal of saving money through digital…
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It’s a bird, it’s a plane … it’s a scary thing It’s a bird, it’s a plane … it’s a scary thing Christian Chronicle  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  News  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  America
It’s a bird, it’s a plane … it’s a scary thing
Some glad morning when this life is o’er, I’ll fly away. To that home on God’s celestial shore, I’ll fly away. I love the words to that gospel hymn penned by Albert Brumley in 1929. Just one quick question: Do we have to fly? Might God consider special options for those who prefer wheels to wings? Perhaps a “Gloryland Way” bus or train? Read my tongue-in-cheek column on my fear…
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Air-conditioning units donated to Florida church after theft Air-conditioning units donated to Florida church after theft Christian Chronicle  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  News  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  America
Air-conditioning units donated to Florida church after theft
We shared a news story last week on the theft of air-conditioning units at a Church of Christ in Florida. There has been a happy ending to that story, as WZVN-HD in Fort Myers, Fla., reports.
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82-year-old Texas church member killed in robbery at her home 82-year-old Texas church member killed in robbery at her home Christian Chronicle  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  News  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  America
82-year-old Texas church member killed in robbery at her home
Marie Gage, an 82-year-old member of the Westbury Church of Christ in Houston, was robbed and killed in her home Thursday night. Her husband, Bill, 84, a fellow Westbury member, survived the attack. The couple's daughter Loa Glenn tells Houston-area media that the family relies on its faith and knows God has a plan. Loa's husband, Greg Glenn, is head of school at Westbury Christian School, next to the church.
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Theft can’t dim Florida church’s spirit Theft can’t dim Florida church’s spirit Christian Chronicle  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  News  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  America
Theft can’t dim Florida church’s spirit
The same day a cash-strapped Church of Christ in Florida discovered $15,000 worth of vandalism to its property, it turned around and donated $200 to charity, a newspaper reports.
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Church member in American Samoa gets volleyball scholarship to Texas university Church member in American Samoa gets volleyball scholarship to Texas university Christian Chronicle  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  News  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  America
Church member in American Samoa gets volleyball scholarship to Texas university
The Somoa News reports on Fetuao Fa’asavalu, a high school volleyball standout who earned a scholarship to play at Western Texas College in Snyder, Texas (between Lubbock and Abilene). Fa’asavalu is a member of the Nu'uuli Church of Christ in Pago Pago, American Samoa, where her father, Luaao Soli, serves as minister. American Samoa is a U.S. territory in the South Pacific, about 2,500 miles south of Hawaii. The athlete's…
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Two candidates invited to visit with Lubbock Christian University presidential search committee Two candidates invited to visit with Lubbock Christian University presidential search committee Christian Chronicle  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  News  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  America
Two candidates invited to visit with Lubbock Christian University presidential search committee
Lubbock Christian University has invited two candidates to visit with the search committee seeking the university's next president: L. Tim Perrin and Brian Starr. Perrin is vice dean and professor of law at Pepperdine University's School of Law in Malibu, Calif. Starr is executive vice president and professor of economics and investments at Lubbock Christian.
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Gander Brook Christian Camp mourns Cecil D. Perkins, beloved friend Gander Brook Christian Camp mourns Cecil D. Perkins, beloved friend Christian Chronicle  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  News  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  America
Gander Brook Christian Camp mourns Cecil D. Perkins, beloved friend
The Gander Brook Christian Camp family is mourning the death of Cecil D. Perkins, a beloved figure to generations at the Maine camp. Camp director Shawn Daggett shared the news.
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Two years after Haiti quake, churches struggle to solve ‘the most complex humanitarian crisis of modern times’ Two years after Haiti quake, churches struggle to solve ‘the most complex humanitarian crisis of modern times’ Christian Chronicle  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  News  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  America
Two years after Haiti quake, churches struggle to solve ‘the most complex humanitarian crisis of modern times’
Today marks the two-year anniversary of the Jan. 12, 2010 Haiti earthquake. I would love to get your thoughts on ministry in Haiti. What should be the goal of churches working in this Caribbean nation? What does a good outcome look like? Do you suffer from "compassion fatigue" when you think about Haiti? In short, is there hope for this country's future?
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Most significant U.S. Supreme Court ruling on religion in 20 years? Most significant U.S. Supreme Court ruling on religion in 20 years? Christian Chronicle  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  News  Christian America, America Christianity, God's America  America
Most significant U.S. Supreme Court ruling on religion in 20 years?
In what some legal scholars were calling the most significant religion case in 20 years, the Supreme Court ruled today that a Lutheran school teacher was a "minister" who could not sue the church that fired her in 2005, Christianity Today reports. "The First Amendment provides, in part, that 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,'" Chief Justice John Roberts wrote…

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