Archive for January, 2008

By Editor J. Randal Matheny
Joe May, publisher and editor of the weekly The Standard, in Arkadelphia, Ark., has assumed duties as Associate Editor of BNc.

Lawton-area preachers at their Jan. 28 forum.
LAWTON, Okla. (BNc)- If preachers like to eat and talk, they especially like to do it with other preachers. So a group of Oklahoma ministers meet monthly to do just that, and more.

FEATURE: STRAIGHT SHOOTING
By Associate Editor Joe May
Growing up, I was often admonished to “practice what you preach.” If you tell others to do it, if you say you believe it, follow through with it yourself.
How many of us heard similar statements during our growing up years? Recently I read a column by a denominational minister [...]

TERRELL, Tex. (BNc)- Two buildings at Southwestern Christian College were destroyed by fire early Sunday morning, according to the Terrell Tribune.

By Editor J. Randal Matheny
(BNc)- The trial site, World Gospel News, continues to evolve in preparation for its official launch in February. Part of that process involved a change of names Jan. 29.

By Editor J. Randal Matheny, with Assistant Editor Joe May contributing
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BNc)- The president of Lipscomb University spoke Jan. 22 at an ecumenical prayer service sponsored by Presbyterian and Catholic churches.

By Associate Editor Joe May
Editor’s note: We’d like to hear feedback from readers about the appropriateness of this story and others like it for the news site.
CLARKSVILLE, Ark. (BNc)- A minister with the Clarksville church of Christ has pleaded not guilty to raping children under his care.

Editor’s note: The following was sent by Glover to The Oklahoman in response to the story on Quail Springs’s decision to use the instrument in their Sunday meetings.

I have been in churches of Christ for all of my 80 years, and have served as a preacher, missionary, deacon and elder, presently as an elder of [...]

FLORENCE, Ala. (BNc)- Plans are shaping up for the second annual May Missionary Retreat to be held at Maywood Christian Camp in Hamilton, Ala.

DALTON, Ga. (BNc)- Following close on the conclusion of the 2008 lectures, the elders of the Highland congregation decided Jan. 27 the dates and theme for the 2009 North Georgia Winter Lectures.