Our mission: To inform, An international inspire and unite newspaper Vol. 71, No. 2 | February 2014 for Churches of Christ Mandela legacy in South Africa: All worship freely

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Bullets came flying at Alan Martin as he stepped off a Cape Town, South Africa, bus after a Wednesday night Bible study. Martin, now dean of the College of Biblical Studies at Oklahoma Christian University in Oklahoma City, grew up in a segregated church and faced violence and oppression during the apartheid era. Apartheid — an Afrikaans word meaning “the state of being apart” — was a government policy of segregation and racial and economic discrimination MATT DOBSON Mandela against non-whites. “When I became a teenager, I Home from Afghanistan, father surprises daughter at Harding became aware of apartheid. I just Alley Robison, a senior at Harding University in Searcy, Ark., reacts to a surprise visit by her father, U.S. Air Force Col. Elmo Robison. Alley was saw the discrimination, and I saw walking to the podium to make an announcement during a recent chapel assembly when her father, who had been deployed in Afghanistan, the unfairness,” Martin said as he caught her attention. “I turned around and I was just speechless and so thankful that he’s back and safe,” Alley told KATV. Harding President reflected on anti-apartheid cham- Bruce McLarty said, “It was one of those special days in chapel that causes everyone to feel that they are part of the same family. On that day, pion Nelson Mandela, whose it was Alley’s family, and you knew that everyone shared their joy.” The Robisons attend the Denbigh Church of Christ in Newport News, Va. Dec. 5 death at age 95 drew tears and condolences worldwide. Like admirers around the globe, Martin the roughly 30,000 members of Churches of Christ in South Africa celebrated the Live on the Internet: Sunday worship legacy of Mandela, who served as the nation’s first black president from 1994 to 1999. BY BOBBY ROSS JR. | THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE can’t find a church home, so she In today’s South Africa, Christians of all races sings along with a congregation — including blacks, whites and “coloreds,” as No longer must Christians working around the globe — the Northside those of mixed races are known — can worship in the Alaska North Slope oil Church of Christ in Benton, Ark. together freely. That’s just one legacy of the fields miss Sunday services at the In an age of digital Bible apps, life of Mandela, who had Methodist roots and Anchorage Church of Christ, even electronic tithing and sermon notes wrote in a 1975 letter, “Never forget that a saint though it’s hundreds of miles away. posted immediately to Twitter, is a sinner who keeps trying.” In central Pennsylvania, residents Churches of Christ increasingly Mandela’s efforts “had a profound effect of the Golden Living retirement broadcast their Sunday assemblies on the church because we can now worship center don’t need to leave the prem- on the Internet. together under the same roof, regardless of ises — or their wheelchairs — to Live-streaming, it’s called. skin color or language,” said Stephen Sheasby, witness the sermon at the Camp Hill “The streaming is quite consistent, so a Church of Christ member and executive Church of Christ. we worship in sync,” Kambonde said, DAVE SMITH director of Mission Providence, which rescues In Russia, 20-year-old Elizabeth “and that is an amazing experience.” The Camp Hill Church of Christ in central abandoned babies in Durban, South Africa. Kambonde, a student from the The Anchorage church invested in Pennsylvania has embraced technology “We are truly free in Christ together.” southern Africa nation of Namibia, See LIVE-STREAMING, Page 12 to reach more people with the Gospel. See MANDELA, Page 13 2 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE FEBRUARY 2014

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facebook.com/EasternEuropeanMission twitter.com/@EveryoneGetsIt 1-800-486-1818 www.eem.org FEBRUARY 2014 the christian chronicle 3 Real journalism How then should reflects absolute truth of Christ we interact? irstly, it’s pronounced OPINIONS, PRACTICES vary on cooperation “TRIG-es-tad.” I know among Churches of Christ and other Fthat’s been bugging some of you for years. faith groups that claim Christianity. Secondly, I believe that Christian journalism, when BY ERIK TRYGGESTAD | THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE done right, is the fulfillment of what God intended jour- A Church of Christ in Amarillo, Texas, nalism to be. All of the goals made local headlines recently for partici- we aspire to pating in a joint worship service with three Inside Story as reporters churches outside its fellowship. and editors Allan Stanglin, preaching minister for the — accuracy, Central Church of Christ in Amarillo, said objectivity, it was powerful to see the four churches — fairness, Central, First Presbyterian, First Baptist and balance — Polk Street United Methodist — put aside should be their doctrinal differences and worship hallmarks of WES McKINZIE together in the meeting place of the Baptist our Christian church, the Amarillo Globe-News reported. faith. If you can’t beat ‘em ... OC students cheer for OU “I have, for the last 10 or 12 years, Erik Tryggestad My odd Sherri Coale, coach of the University of Oklahoma’s women’s basketball team, stands with students dreamed that my kids could experience last name, from Oklahoma Christian University who shed their Eagles gear to root for the Sooners. Coale was something like that,” Stanglin, who deliv- actually, is a farming village impressed by what she heard from OC’s fans as her Sooners played the Lady Eagles in a recent exhi- ered the message at the service, told in Norway. My great-grand- bition game in Norman, Okla. The Sooners bounced back from a 41-38 halftime deficit and beat the The Christian father, Ole Tryggestad, Lady Eagles 88-76, but the boisterous Eagles fans overpowered the OU fans — and the OU band. Chronicle. lived there until 1910, when Coale, a former point guard for the Lady Eagles and a member of the Westside Church of Christ in Though each he came to the U.S. in Norman, recruited OC students to cheer for the Sooners against No. 2-ranked Duke. The 17th-ranked group believes search of a warmer climate. Sooners lost the game 94-85, but Coale said she was proud of her team’s effort — and the noise level. differently, the He chose South Dakota. event allowed I made it consider- worshipers to ably farther south — to “tear down the Third in a series Savannah, Ga. — before Jim Brinkerhoff, longtime campus walls” and “cel- moving to Oklahoma 12 ebrate what we have in common,” he said. years ago, where it’s been Months earlier, the churches formed a my honor to serve readers minister at Auburn, dies at 56 coalition, 4 Amarillo, which has provided of The Christian Chronicle. school supplies to students in need and I worked for two daily AUBURN, Ala. — Jim Brinkerhoff, campus Chronicle. After three years, he had “a engaged in other community works. newspapers in Georgia as a minister for the Auburn Church of Christ deep desire to find God” and returned to Nearly 840 miles east, a Church of reporter and editor before in Alabama for 29 years, died Dec. 5 after church. Auburn’s then-campus minister Christ in Paducah, Ky., also got media I moved here, and all of my suffering a heart attack. He was 56. Paul Cates embraced Brinkerhoff and, attention when a billboard appeared on the coworkers thought I was Brinkerhoff was “the epitome of a eventually, encouraged him city’s south side with the church’s address getting out of the business of campus minister in every sense of the to pursue campus ministry. and four questions aimed at Baptists. “real journalism.” So did I. word,” said Milton Jones, a former leader During his long career “Did John the Baptist authorize building I was wrong. of Campus for Christ, a national campus serving the 25,000-student the Baptist church?” one question asked, In the past dozen years, ministry group associated with Churches university, church mem- citing scriptures from Matthew underneath. I’ve come to realize that of Christ. “He shared Jesus with every- bers occasionally advised A member of the church paid for the Christian journalism isn’t a one he could ... God used him to build a Brinkerhoff to transition to sign out of his own funds, WPSD reported. subset of news media. We’re huge campus ministry at Auburn that has pulpit ministry. The TV station also interviewed a Church not a niche publication or a touched thousands of students and influ- “At times, I gave it serious of Christ minister who said he agreed with Brinkerhoff special-interest group. enced people all over the world.” consideration,” he told the the message but not the method. Journalism, in its purest Brinkerhoff, who grew up in Churches Chronicle. “Each time, though, I thought to How should Churches of Christ — which form, is a search for truth, of Christ, fell away from his faith after he myself, ‘Where else could I go that carries claim the Bible as their only authority — and Christian journalists enrolled at Auburn University, he said with it the possibilities of the world vision interact with denominations and faith groups See JOURNALISM, Page 4 in a 2003 interview with The Christian that is inherent within campus ministries?’” See INTERACT, Page 19 4 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE INSIDE STORY FEBRUARY 2014 www.christianchronicle.org Professional Counselor Position Go online to find news updates, an expanded calendar, classifieds (full-time, on campus for children 5-18 yrs old) and much more. Use the barcode at right to visit our mobile site. • Philippines disaster: See continuing coverage of the typhoon that devastated this nation in the Pacific Ocean. 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Since what we watched the daily newspaper industry believe is the truth, it can withstand any that I love shrink and shrivel. amount of scrutiny. Across the nation, papers are hemor- CROWLEY'S RIDGE COLLEGE POSITION AVAILABLE Newspapers have been in my blood rhaging dedicated journalists who Teaching and Administrative for a long time. I was born in Falls labored not to bring glory to their own Church, Va., just outside Washington, names but to tell the stories that others Teacher Education Division and the Watergate hearings were on weren’t telling. the TV in my mom’s hospital room. What has replaced them, unfortu- Crowley’s Ridge College (CRC) located in Paragould, Arkansas is a four-year Christian Woodward and Bernstein became my nately, is unsubstantiated Internet liberal arts institution affiliated with the churches of Christ. CRC is seeking applicants heroes, alongside Luke Skywalker. gossip, bad political punditry and down- with a doctorate in the field of Education. The job description for this position is I used to dream of writing for The right drivel — news that incites rather diverse, requiring applicants to possess one or more of the following: Washington Post — and becoming a Jedi. than informs. In part, it’s a result of our I published my first newspaper in postmodern society. When we reject 1. Experience and/or capability to teach in the Teacher Education department at the fourth grade — The GoBot News, for all absolute truth, our goal changes from undergraduate level. of us who collected little, die-cast metal the pursuit of objectivity to the bois- 2. Administrative experience, at least at the departmental level, with preference robots that turned into cars, helicopters terous proclamation of our own “truths,” given to those having administrative experience at the college or university level. and motorcycles. Our first breaking as loudly and as frequently as possible. Sufficient experience or capability could lead to the appointment to the position of story was about a rival toy line that had God expects us to do better. Vice-President for Academic Affairs. 3. Experience conducting a self-study review in preparation for a regional just emerged — the Transformers. I As editor of The Christian Chronicle, accreditation visit. even brought in a legal expert, Ryan I hope to build on the foundation that Hensley, to report on copyright law. Olan Hicks laid nearly 71 years ago, To be considered for employment, applicants must be active members of a (His dad was a lawyer — or watched a continued today by our dedicated staff congregation of the churches of Christ. lot of “Perry Mason” reruns. I forget.) and supported by our faith-filled board I still love writing. Since joining the of trustees. SPIRITUA Send CV and reference contact information to: P Chronicle staff in 2001, I have visited I want this publication to report the Ken Hoppe, President Churches of Christ in 50 countries, news of the Lord’s church with fairness

Crowley's Ridge College L reporting international news. I am and accuracy — based on our dedica- 100 College Drive LIFE humbled by the faith I encounter in our tion to Jesus and his teachings. We are SCHOLARSHI Paragould, AR 72450 brothers and sisters around the globe. part of a family of faith that seeks to email: [email protected] SERVICE I delight in sharing their stories — restore New Testament Christianity. especially those in far-flung, nearly I want us to investigate and share the forgotten cities with names such stories of restoration at our doorsteps as Ouagadougou, Ordzhonikidze, and in the farthest reaches of the earth. Paramakatoi and Ishinomaki. (A love I do not want us to ignore challenges Job Postings of hard-to-pronounce places is in my facing the church, nor do I want us to be genetic code, after all.) muckraking rumormongers. We will not One of my all-time favorite discussions shy away from topics that frighten us. 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This was the sign outside the church $100,000 winner before the Iron Bowl football game FLORENCe, Ala. — Brooks Bergman, a senior between then-No. 1 Alabama and No. 4 at Mars Hills Bible School, won the Dr Auburn: “Sunday’s Sermon: Humility, Pepper Tuition Giveaway challenge We’ll Either Have It Or Need It.” during halftime of the SEC championship As it turned out, Auburn fans needed football game and took home $100,000. a big dose of humility after one of the Before getting the opportunity to throw most dramatic, last-second wins in as many footballs as he could through college football history. a 2-foot hole from 5 feet away, Bergman submitted a video about his life, including HARTSELLE — The Westview Church of his bout with leukemia as a child. Christ, a 5-year-old church plant with “I was just honest in talking about about 50 members, emphasizes commu- why I want to pursue medicine as a nity outreach. career,” he told The Times Daily. “Building Faith, Building Family and His stepfather, Brad Adcock, preaches Building Community” is the motto of for the Stony Point Church of Christ, and the congregation, which hosts events his mother, Kristi, teaches at Mars Hill. such as a back-to-school supplies store, Bergman, 18, plans to attend Harding a community cookout, a fall festival, University in Searcy, Ark. a community Christmas party and community gospel concerts. The Huntsville-area congregation “was started as an urban church plant focused on providing a holistic ministry to a lower-income community,” said Michael Brown, one of the church DINA CLYDE planters. “We are Kingdom-oriented — looking to meet the spiritual, material At Ohio church, an ‘orphan’s feast’ benefits children and social needs of our community.” At its “Jesus Loves the Little Children” Friends Day, the Northeast Church of Christ in Cincinnati showcased three organizations that work for children’s welfare: Hope for Haiti’s Children, Mid- CALIFORNIA Western Children’s Home and Focus on Youth. After the presentations, everyone was invited to LOS ANGELES — Elder Forest Whitaker led stay for an “orphan’s feast” — a simple spaghetti plate — in lieu of eating out. Members were PHOTO PROVIDED a Figueroa Church of Christ team that invited to donate any money they might have spent on a restaurant meal to the organizations. Brooks Bergman won a $100,000 prize. recently roasted 59 turkeys, baked 16 hams and prepared dressing, gravy, cran- berry sauce, yams, macaroni and cheese, NORTH CAROLINA table in a bright room at the Chandler To support and encourage those who salad, green beans, rolls, beverages and RALEIGH — Thirteen couples attended Road Church of Christ. serve on the front lines during such an assortment of desserts for 700 people. the Brooks Avenue Church of Christ’s Inside, you’ll find four women times of tragedy, the Granbury Church of For 16 years, the congregation has first-ever weekend retreat for parents of laughing warmly and stuffing teddy Christ’s Wednesday morning ladies’ Bible organized a community feast that benefits children with special needs. bears that will be given to children to class hosted a special luncheon honoring the homeless and area residents. Brad Thompson, a minister and coun- hold onto when they feel scared in the the community’s first responders. selor for the Southwest Church of hospital, the Muskogee Phoenix reported. About 60 personnel from seven emer- GEORGIA Christ in Amarillo, Texas, and his wife, “It’s a ministry we do for children gency agencies attended. AUGUSTA — Six Churches of Christ came Karen, spoke. The Thompsons also run when they are at their lowest,” Rhonda together to feed almost 3,000 people in The Hali Project, a nonprofit that helps Frasier told the newspaper. Each bear PASADENA — The Crockett Road Church an event dubbed “Feed the Hungry.” families with special needs. given out to local hospitals by the “Bear of Christ made the holiday season a The congregations worked in “The couples’ children were watched Ministry” has been sewn, painted, little brighter for a platoon stationed in harmony to provide hot meals, said while the parents attended,” said stuffed and labeled “Made With Love.” Afghanistan. Tina McCormick, secretary for the Barry Woodhouse, deacon for the The congregation helped members South Augusta Church of Christ. Brooks Avenue special-needs ministry. TEXAS John and Ann Mottern provide care “It was one of the more beautiful “It was a tremendous success and GRANBURY — 2013 was a difficult year for packages for their son, Jason Mottern, examples of cooperation I think we something the Thompsons want to do this North Texas community. and his fellow soldiers. have ever been a part of,” McCormick again in this format.” In May, a tornado killed six people “We felt it was in some small way an said, noting that organizers intend to and destroyed more than 100 homes. opportunity to show our appreciation repeat the undertaking. “The goal is OKLAHOMA The next month, a sheriff’s deputy died for those men and women serving on for God to be glorified, people to be MUSKOGEE — Fluffy piles of teddy bear and a police officer was injured in a foreign fields,” minister Dan Manuel blessed and souls to be saved.” stuffing and material patterns cover a shooting. told the Palestine Herald-Press. 6 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE ACROSS THE NATION FEBRUARY 2014

MinisterMinister SearchSearch Kings Crossing Church of Christ, Corpus Christi, Texas, is starting a search for a Pulpit Minister to begin Aug. 2014. The church began in 1955 as the Windsor Park Church and relocated to its present location on the city’s fast-growing south side under a new name in 2006. Membership is 400+; we have 6 elders; 6 deacons with three ministers (Youth, Education, and Prison Ministry). Our current Pulpit Minister is retiring after 12 years of wonderful ministry. If interested, please send a resume with a recent sermon DVD and a family photo to: ATTN: Elders, 5901 Yorktown Blvd., Call Stephen Eck of the Chronicle Planned Giving Office for assistance at (405) 425-5080. Corpus Christi, TX 78414.

Youth & Family Hazel Dell church of Christ, in Vancouver, Minister Position Washington, is seeking a full-time minister. Our Pacific Northwest body, of 75 multi-generational members, Woodland West Church of Christ in is looking for a man willing to serve alongside us to transform lives into the likeness of our Lord Jesus Christ. Arlington, Texas is seeking a Youth and LOVENTRICE FARROW Family Minister. Interested candidates can inquire the church office for the position description: Woodland West is a diverse congregation of Los Angeles-area ministry builds up, encourages women 400 members committed to local and global [email protected] Organizers of the United Christian Women of the Churches of Christ, known as UCW, celebrate ministry and outreach. Please submit resumes, (audio and/or videos the group’s 25th anniversary during its recent annual seminar in Los Angeles. “Unity: Jesus’ encouraged), to the office e-mail, or by postal mail to: For a complete job description, a list of Prayer, Our Purpose” served as the theme for the seminar, just as it did 25 years ago. qualifications, and to apply, go to: Hazel Dell church of Christ UCW’s purpose is to glorify God, to build up and encourage one another, to strengthen the P.O. Box 65148 unity of the sisterhood as Christ prayed and to equip and encourage all sisters to participate http://www.wwcoc.org/pages/careers. Vancouver, WA 98665 more effectively in the work of their local congregations. UCW operates under the oversight of the Southside, Normandie, Crenshaw and Hawthorne congregations in the Los Angeles area. Longtime director of White’s Ferry Road School of Preaching dies at 80 WEST MONROE, La. — Carl Allison, who In famed Sooners coach Bud helped establish the now-defunct Wilkinson’s final 1954 letter to alumni, White’s Ferry Road School of he wrote, “I never hope to coach a Preaching and served as its director for finer football player (than Allison). Carl 22 years, died Dec. 3. He was 80. started every game we have played Houseparent Opportunity Allison was a longtime elder and staff the last four years. He was never late Hope Harbor Children’s Home & Family Ministries in Claremore, Oklahoma, member of the White’s Ferry Road to practice, never hurt, Church of Christ. Mike Kellett, White’s never sick. ... In reli- has an immediate houseparent position opening up and is seeking a house Ferry Road preacher and elder, remem- ability and character he parent couple who are faithful members of the Church of Christ to work in a bered Allison as his “mentor, teacher, stands at the very top of cottage with six young teens. We hire both husband and wife with a competitive fellow elder and partner in the ministry.” our squad.” salary, providing meals, room and board, utilities, medical coverage, and a “I’ve never known a better man,” The White’s Ferry generous amount of time off. Kellett said. “He is my hero in the faith Road church has gained and will be missed dearly.” national attention as the Supervision and training are provided to equip couples who are interested in While Allison devoted himself to home congregation of Allison this ministry of helping young people turn their lives around and experience the ministry, he loved sports. A native the Robertson family of love of Christ, often for the first time. The work requires dedication, but the Oklahoman, he played baseball and foot- “Duck Dynasty” fame. Phil Robertson rewards are eternal. ball for the University of Oklahoma and and his son, Alan, both served with spent a season as head football coach at Allison as church elders. For more information, contact Ralph Richardson at (918) 343-0003, Harding University in Searcy, Ark. Allison’s survivors include Barbara, Ext. 230, or e-mail [email protected]. To learn more about Allison was “a rare four-year starter his wife of 61 years. Memorials may Hope Harbor, visit our website at www.hopeharborinc.org. and a captain on OU’s undefeated 1954 be made to White’s Ferry Road World football team,” noted Berry Tramel, Radio Gospel Broadcasting and White’s sports columnist for The Oklahoman. Ferry Road Relief Ministries. FEBRuary 2014 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE 7

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The Christians hosted a “Jesus a second time Banquet,” feeding nearly 1,000 people, many of whom scratch CAMPINA, Brazil — Missionary out a living collecting recyclable Allen Dutton Jr. performed a material at the dump. Honduras record-breaking 22 marriage Hope, overseen by missionaries ceremonies in one evening. Marc and Terri Tindall, coordi- Then it was his turn to say nates ministry at the dump. “I do.” The missionary conducted a weekend marriage enrichment seminar for members of the Guanabara and Campo Grande Churches of Christ that meet in Campinas, a city of nearly 1 million souls, northwest of Sao Paulo. “On Saturday morning I DAVID MAY taught two classes on commu- nication and how it can create TREY MORGAN Growing crops for growing children in Haiti problems in marriage — and Sanita, age 6, enjoys a beverage at In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, children at Son Light Children’s home show off the bounty from their garden. Roberta how to solve communication the annual Jesus Banquet. Edwards, a church member from North Carolina, began caring for children in the impoverished Caribbean nation problems,” Dutton said. in 1995. The Estes Church of Christ in Henderson, Tenn., supports the work, which includes a home for 30 children Then the couples renewed PAPUA NEW GUINEA and a nutrition center that feeds about 120 neighborhood children twice per day, five days each week. their wedding vows during AROBA — A team of Christians David and Charlene May, members of the Eagan Church of Christ in Minnesota, work with the ministry and oversee a a ceremony, complete with from Australia traveled to this guest house for short-term workers and mission interns. For more information, see www.outofthepews.blogspot.com. professional photos and video. remote village in the South “It was easy to see in the Pacific to preach, teach and heal. faces of both bride and groom Tom and Rens Bunt, mission- “To see people come forward elders were very excited to month in the camp. that the commitment to remain aries from Australia, lived in with tears streaming down hear the lessons,” he said, “I thought I was going to married was stronger than the village and helped plant a their faces in repentance is “and they seemed to be on fire teach, serve and be a blessing ever,” Dutton said. “We had church there, said team coordi- very moving,” Collins said. to go out and fulfill the Great in Jesus’ name,” Reagan said, couples who had been married nator Steve Collins, a member of Commission.” “but God has used these for 13 days up to 30 years. We Warwick Church of Christ in the TANZANIA people to bless my life more ended the night with a beau- Australian state of Queensland. CHIMALA — The Church of Christ THAILAND than I ever imagined.” tiful banquet and even had The team conducted Bible that meets at Chimala Mission, Mae Hong Son Province — In pictures of each couple with a classes and health clinics for Hospital and Schools reached a March 2013, a fire devastated UKRAINE wedding cake.” the villagers and witnessed long-awaited milestone recently the Ban Mae Surin refugee Mariupol — Dino Roussos, During the ceremony, a several baptisms. Many when it appointed its first elders. camp, near the country’s minister for the Omonia Brazilian evangelist who works villagers confessed sins and Tanzanian Christians Boaz border with Myanmar. The Church of Christ in Athens, with Dutton presided over the repented after team members Kasiba and Venace Mwanjelile camp, launched in 1992, houses Greece, was reunited with missionary’s renewal of vows presented a lesson on the were named elders, and the thousands of refugees who fled Christians baptized in Athens with his wife, Robin. parable of the prodigal son. church also appointed three ethnic conflict in Myanmar. during a recent visit to this city deacons, said Bill Stinson, U.S. The fire claimed 37 lives and in southeastern Ukraine. coordinator for the mission. destroyed 200 homes. “This church is growing, and “This is something that we Robert Reagan, a member brother Sasha Pilesky is doing have been working toward for of a church-planting team in an amazing work preaching the last six years,” said Stinson, Chiang Mai, Thailand, traveled the Gospel of Christ,” said who presented lessons on the to the camp to assess needs. Roussos, who preached for the role of elders during a recent The refugees didn’t ask for congregation during his visit. visit to the church. About 400 food or clothing, but for help The Greek minister also people worshiped on Sunday, for their school, which meets taught classes at the Ukrainian INTERSECTIONS MAGAZINE/www.klesis.com.au he said, and nearly that many in a bamboo classroom with a Bible Institute, a church- PHOTO PROVIDED Australian Christians speak with participated in the Bible classes. dirt floor. Reagan now teaches supported ministry training Allen Dutton Jr. helps a Brazilian villagers in Papua New Guinea. “The congregation and English classes one week per school in Donetsk, Ukraine. couple renew their marriage vows. 10 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE AROUND THE WORLD FEBRUARY 2014 As genocide looms in Central Africa, missionary seeks prayers

BY ERIK TRYGGESTAD | THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE the U.S. is providing support. Churches of Christ were planted As world leaders praise Nelson in the Central African Republic in Mandela’s legacy of reconciliation in the late 1990s. Evangelists including South Africa, a nation 2,500 miles to the Hilton Terry, Doyle Kee and Jean- north is experiencing what a United Claude Ethe, a minister in neighboring Nations official called “the Cameroon, made visits to the country seeds of genocide.” to follow up with French-speaking The Central African students in the World Bible Republic, a land- School correspondence program. locked nation of 4.5 Bor and his wife, Edith, moved million souls, has to Bangui to work with the endured corrup- new Christians and plant tion and violence since churches. The region is independence in 1960. home to at least four congre- In recent weeks, more than 600 gations, Kee said. The Mastin people have died in sectarian attacks. Lake Road Church of John Ging, a U.N. official, told CNN Christ in Huntsville, Ala., that “we see the seeds of a genocide has supported the work for Mikhail Gorbachev here” unless the world intervenes. 15 years. Worlanyo Bor is As he witnesses the violence first- a speaker for World Radio Global Henry Kissinger hand, Worlanyo Bor is appealing to a Gospel Broadcasts, supported by the higher power than the world. White’s Ferry Road Church of Christ in John Major “We need your prayers in this trou- West Monroe, La. bled time,” said Bor, a missionary from “We know of no other fully supported Brian Mulroney Ghana who works with Churches of missionaries of the Lord’s church in Christ in the C.A.R.’s capital, Bangui. C.A.R. to this day,” said Howard South, Colin Powell “It is so sad and pathetic to see women a member of the Mastin and children — especially handicapped Lake Road church. “We Condoleezza Rice people — running to seek refuge around pray that other areas of Lech Walesa the Catholic monastery campus and the country will eventu- other local church premises,” Bor said. ally be evangelized.” Thousands of refugees have crowded The Alabama congrega- into makeshift camps and church build- tion has fewer than 100 Internationally speaking ings with few sources of drinkable water. members, South said, In March 2013, a group of rebels Bor yet it provides partial Harding University students receive firsthand knowledge in called the Seleka, or “Alliance,” drove support to eight other international relations and global economics from leaders who the country’s president from power. missionaries in addition to the Bors. have personal experience in world politics and international The rebels — most of whom claim Islam “They are a dedicated family.” South as their faith — carried out attacks said, “and worthy of any help we can business, including 16 former heads of state. Among the list of against groups that identify themselves find for them and the membership in speakers in the American Studies Distinguished Lecture Series as Christians, The Atlantic reports. The this present crisis.” have been Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, President Christians formed militias and retaliated. The African Union and France have FOR MORE INFORMATION, contact the Mastin Lake George W. Bush, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, business sent troops to the troubled nation and Road Church of Christ at (256) 852-2956. publisher Steve Forbes, and political commentator Ben Stein. Christians help Nicaraguans see the light JINOTEGA, Nicaragua — A medical mission and examined more than 500 people, team traveled to this Central American providing glasses and performing 52 Faith, Learning and Living nation to improve people’s vision and surgical procedures. Luis Prada led an win their souls. Dr. Russ Burcham of evangelism team of four Nicaraguan Harding.edu | 800-477-4407 Denver and his wife, Vicki, led a team preachers during the campaign. Searcy, Arkansas of Christians from Mississippi, Virginia Mision Para Cristo supports the work. and Tennessee. The group worked with a Nicaraguan hospital’s eye surgery unit WEBSITE: www.misionparacristo.com FEBRuary 2014 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE 11

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FROM PAGE 1 — and post the videos online a high-definition camera to pro- for later viewing, he said. vide a “real-time connection” to “My personal philosophy is, homebound and ill members, if you’re skipping church and elder Darrell Watson said. watching it online, you’re not “Additionally, many Church of very convicted, and the church Christ members are scattered needs to deal with you in a across the state of Alaska — different way,” said Burke, a nearly two-fifths the size of the member of the United States — and they are Central Pointe isolated from other Christians in Church of the state,” Watson said. “They Christ in Dallas. can watch the live-streaming The or replay broadcasts of Bible Newburgh classes and worship services.” Church of Like the Anchorage church, Christ in the Central Church of Christ in Indiana has Burke Winnipeg, Manitoba, made ser- live-streamed vices available online for its shut- services for years, never in and out-of-town members. worrying about members opt- However, in a nation with ing for online worship over 35 million people but only 150 actual attendance, elder Tracy Churches of Christ, the online Hayford said. assemblies have drawn interest “Our emphasis on family and across the Canadian prairies, fellowship has helped us not to minister Wayne Turner said. worry about that,” Hayford said. “Isolated church members “The only real concern we’ve who live in more remote ever had was people not want- places — in Manitoba and JACOB SEE ing the response to an invita- Saskatchewan — log on to wor- Member Beau Wood helps with the technical side of live-streaming assemblies of the Anchorage Church of tion or other ‘private’ things ship with us,” Turner said. Christ in Alaska. The Internet broadcasts serve shut-in members as well as out-of-town Christians. streamed,” he added. “We stop In Pennsylvania, about 10 the streaming as soon as the to 15 nursing home residents ting and streaming were less larger congregations more preach every Sunday. invitation song is started.” watch the Camp Hill church prevalent but “nevertheless likely to do so, Thumma told “The full service is live- While live-streaming serves service on a 50-inch television beginning to transform the ways The Christian Chronicle. streamed, so she is able to shut-ins, out-of-town members connected to a computer. religious groups interact and “I don’t have any more cur- participate fully and can also and isolated Christians, Burke The congregation’s retired enhance their sense of commu- rent national data, and I don’t go online to give,” the grand- points to an even bigger poten- preacher, Randy Pritchett, nity,” the study determined. think any research center does mother added. “We gave her a tial benefit: sharing Jesus with serves the Lord’s Supper to the “All faith groups in this day either,” he said. supply of portable communion.” lost people. residents and leads old hymns and age should be hybrid con- “But the trend For a 21st century seeker, the before turning up the sound on gregations,” wrote researcher is definitely ‘WATCH US FROM HOME’ opportunity to acquaint oneself the TV. Scott Thumma, who prepared increasing, and a For Hammond Burke, mak- with a church virtually before “Occasionally, Randy has to the study for the Hartford larger number of ing the Gospel available via ever entering a physical build- deliver the sermon when the Institute for Religion Research smaller churches personal computers has been ing is a giant plus, he said. Internet gremlins have not in Connecticut. “In other words, are doing it.” a dream since before YouTube “It takes away a lot of the been fed,” said Dave Smith, the their ministry needs to be part Away at and Vimeo were created anxiety and mystery about what Camp Hill church’s deacon of physical and part virtual. boarding school Keyton or broadband connections goes on in church for those communications. “Fortunately, “Nearly every congregation in Virginia, replaced dialup Internet. who’ve never been,” Burke said. he has years of experience.” has members who interact with Sarah Keyton’s teenage grand- Some church leaders worry The Anchorage church has these technologies in their daughter uses her computer that the availability of online embraced that idea, producing PHYSICAL VS. VIRTUAL CHURCH daily lives,” Thumma added. to access the Bouldercrest assemblies will prompt mem- informational business cards A 2011 study, “Virtually “Religious leaders who rec- Church of Christ in Atlanta, bers to stay home, said Burke, for members to pass out to Religious: Technology and ognize this and employ these where her grandfather, Edward executive director of the Church friends and neighbors. Internet Use in American technologies to connect with Keyton, serves as senior of Christ Broadcast Network, a The message on the cards: Congregations,” found that and minister to their congrega- evangelist. Texas-based company that helps “Watch us from home — then religious congregations’ use of tional members have a distinct “She likes it because she is congregations build technol- come meet us.” websites and email more than advantage.” able to worship with us, and ogy/media ministries. doubled in the previous decade. At the time of the study, she feels a connection with us,” For that reason, some TO FIND LINKS to church services, go to Newer forms of technology about 3 percent of all churches Sarah Keyton said. “This way, churches record services — www.christianchronicle.org and search for such as Facebook, blogs, tex- offered live-streaming, with she gets to hear her grandfather instead of showing them live “live-streaming.” FEBRUARY 2014 FROM THE FRONT THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE 13 MANDELA: Anti-apartheid leader’s quest for equality, justice draws praise

FROM PAGE 1 de Klerk shared the 1993 Nobel A one-time militant activ- Peace Prize for the country’s ist, Mandela spent 27 years democratic transition. in prison for opposing South Mandela spent his life fight- Africa’s white-minority regime, ing white racism, Bergh said. then became a global symbol “When he became presi- of forgiveness and racial dent, he stated that he would reconciliation. continue his quest for justice “As black South Africans, by fighting any and all racism many of us had expected him as well as for the rights and to pay revenge and correct the dignity of children,” the for- wrongs that we had suffered, mer diplomat added. “He was but he came out preaching true to his word on all counts forgiveness and unity,” said and performed his tasks with Nduduzo Collen Ngaleka, a incredible passion.” graduate theology student at Oklahoma Christian. “He not RACIAL HARMONY IN ‘RAINBOW NATION’ only preached it, but his ability In 2009, the Chronicle to demonstrate it before us reported on new signs of racial impacted every South African.” harmony among churches in the country that Mandela DODGING BULLETS AFTER CHURCH touted as a “Rainbow Nation.” Martin remembers taking BOBBY ROSS JR. At that year’s Southern Africa to the streets to demonstrate Young people of all races study the Bible together during the Southern Africa Bible College lectureship in 2009. Bible College lectureship, 500 peacefully in the 1970s. Christians sang first in English, “The only time we started to democratic principles and “It is no exaggeration to MANDELA ‘WAS TRUE TO HIS WORD’ then in Venda, one of 11 official be really oppositional, burning the market system. For those say that Mandela brought his Before giving up a high-profile languages in Africa’s wealthiest tires and all kinds of stuff, was reasons, Mandela’s legacy will country back from the brink of government post to focus on the and most developed country. when the police attacked,” inspire many to revere him, civil war and made possible the Great Commission, Fred Bergh A few nights earlier, the same Martin said. “They sprayed us while others will be critical.” transition to a government of the worked closely with Mandela. diverse crowd praised God in with those massive fire-engine In his early years, Mandela governed,” the professor added. Bergh, now director of Zulu, another official language. water guns and shot at us with followed the nonviolent path In the process, Mandela won Southern Africa Bible College in Tarryn Jane Roy, 26, a mem- rubber bullets.” of Mahatma Gandhi, said over many skeptics of all col- Benoni, east of Johannesburg, ber of the Springs Church of During later rioting, the Tom Stipanowich, professor ors, Martin said. served as an ambassador to Christ, east of Johannesburg, government declared a state of of law at the Straus Institute “He became a hero to just the United Nations during said she’s too young to recall emergency and ordered people for Dispute Resolution at about every- Mandela’s presidency. apartheid. off the streets. Martin ignored Pepperdine University in body,” said “Mandela became an icon in “I have many the warning and went to church. Malibu, Calif. Martin, who the world because of his truth- friends of differ- After the service, authorities In the first half of the 20th helped estab- ful fight for what was fair and ent races and spotted Martin exiting a city bus century, Gandhi led India to lish the Cape just for all people,” Bergh, who cultures,” Roy and fired — with real bullets. independence and inspired Town School helped craft a new South African said. “I couldn’t He ran and hid, eventually movements for nonviolence, of Preaching constitution under Mandela, told help but tell all making it home safely in the civil rights and freedom and plant new The Christian Chronicle. my friends (after dark. around the world. Churches of “As a serving diplomat, you Mandela’s death) Bergh Roy At that time, the government But after South Africa’s Christ in his are often in the company of how blessed I portrayed the imprisoned Sharpeville massacre of 1960 home county before immigrat- people holding high office who am to live in a day that we can Mandela as a communist and a — in which police opened fire ing permanently to the United make superficial and insincere have an open friendship. terrorist. and killed 69 demonstrators States. promises, most of which are “What makes South Africa “Nelson Mandela was a — Mandela decided to fight “I’m unsure of Mandela’s short-term solutions to the such an amazing country is complex man and a complex violence with violence. church background, but one problems that beset man,” said that we’ve embraced what ini- leader,” said Neal Coates, “Mandela and other leaders of thing I’m sure about is that Bergh, a preacher and elder tially tore us apart,” she added. chairman of the Department the African National Congress he practiced something that for the Ashlea Gardens Church “We’ve learned to share cul- of Political Science at Abilene were caught, convicted of we all can learn from,” the of Christ in South Africa’s capi- tures, to share meals — braai Christian University in Texas. terrorism and imprisoned,” Bible college dean added, tal of Pretoria. vleis, bunny chows, chesa “He made positive state- Stipanowich said. “It was later, “and that is, forgiving your But Mandela was different, nyama — and to combine our ments about democracy and upon his emergence from neighbor and making a said Bergh, who previously languages. human rights throughout his prison, that Mandela rose above difference in the world by worked as a lawyer in the apart- “I love my country. I love all life,” Coates said. “At other the political realm to become embracing God’s magnificent heid-era government of F.W. its people and its diversity. And times, he acted on and believed the voice of moral leadership principle of forgiveness and de Klerk, South Africa’s last I can thank Mandela and those in ideologies which go against for all of South Africa. reconciliation.” white president. Mandela and who fought with him for that.” 14 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE FEBRUARY 2014

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PHOTOS BY KEITH LANCASTER Christians from around the world gather in the Bavarian city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany — famous for its medieval old town — for the Euro-American Christian Family Retreat. Euro-American Family Retreat turns 50 BY ERIK TRYGGESTAD | THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany. leave,’” said Keith Lancaster, a cappella Al Stevens, a U.S. church member and “musicianary” and song leader for the ompared to the great meetings military chaplain, organized the first retreat. “People spoke of becoming taking place across Europe — event as a get-together for American hoarse from singing so loud.” including the talks in nearby military families living in Europe. McDonough, who now serves Geneva on Iran’s nuclear program In the years that followed, it evolved churches in Southeast Asia, urged C— the 50th Euro-American Christian into a shared celebration for mission- the participants to maintain their faith Family Retreat didn’t seem all that aries serving in Europe — some and resolve despite laboring in “post- important, said Bill McDonough. supported by U.S. churches and some Christian” Europe, where evangelism is Nonetheless, “this little, insignificant vocational — and European Christians. difficult and baptisms are few. meeting that we’re having here can Phil Jackson, director for European “You’re needed here,” he told have a world impact,” he said. missions for Missions Resource the attendees. “I hope you go away “It already does.” Network, coordinates the retreat. thinking, ‘What a blessing these people McDonough, a former missionary Throughout the event, “what I kept were to me.’” to Germany, spoke to 226 Church of hearing repeated was this: ‘Because Bill McDonough, former missionary to Christ members from 21 nations during of the fellowship, singing, worship THE next euro-American retreat is Nov. 22-26, Germany, catches up with friends at the the retreat, held in the medieval city of and encouragement, we don’t want to 2014. See eurofamilyretreat.org. Euro-American Christian Family Retreat. 16 FEBRUARY 2014 CURRENTS THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE 17 Doing LIFE: Inmates find love, appreciation LIPSCOMB University’s Initiative for Education offers associate degrees to women in a Tennessee prison.

STORY AND PHOTOS BY TED PARKS work, the LIFE program is taught by transferred to another state correctional “She thinks it’s awesome that I’m of freedom you didn’t have, in … litera- THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE Lipscomb faculty and puts up to 30 facility — will officially graduate in May. still trying to succeed, even though ture that takes you other places, and traditional, freeworld undergrads side- “Coming into prison, I didn’t even I’ve been locked up almost 13 years,” ideas that stretch who you are, and rela- NASHVILLE, Tenn. by-side with a similar number of inside have a high-school diploma,” said grad- Seagraves said. tionships that are formed,” Lowry said. he gym was full of “freeworlders” students. Classes meet in the prison on uate Tabitha Slack, who finished her With program courses ranging from Among the guests was Lipscomb — the nickname for those who Wednesday nights during the semester. high school work behind bars in 2005. foreign languages to physics — easily psychology major Zach Hackett, a live outside prison walls — and “I felt loved, I felt appreciated, I felt “Now my associate transferred to other universities freeworlder who had just completed inmates. successful and that the sky’s the limit,” degree … is a chance — LIFE coordinator and Lipscomb a LIFE course called “Influencing Together they clapped and said graduate Markeisha Seagraves for me to actually be history professor Richard Goode Change through Civic Engagement” Tcheered as eight “inside students” during the reception following the able to survive when I believes the classes Lipscomb offers and decided to attend the prison gradu- climbed to the stage, shook the presi- graduation ceremony. am released.” behind prison walls breathe freedom ation to see his friends. dent’s hand, grasped their diplomas Before shedding the top half of their Seagraves listed two and opportunity into students’ lives. While the course was an offering from and became recipients of the first-ever prison blues to don black caps and reasons she wanted “On one level, it’s not about being in the university’s law, justice and society associate of arts degree granted by gowns, the graduates were guests at a to study in the LIFE prison at all,” Goode said. “It’s about curriculum, Hackett drew spiritual Lipscomb University. catered Provost’s Brunch, where the program. the power of the liberal arts and … the lessons from his experience. Goode Held on the eve of the traditional menu included egg casserole, biscuits “One was to know that liberating capacity of education to help “What I learned after being here, is December graduation on campus, the and bacon. Faculty members served the I could do it, because I hadn’t always us re-envision, and reconceptualize, that the real application from Scripture ceremony capped seven years of study meal to the students, mirroring the tradi- believed in myself,” Seagraves said. re-imagine our lives. ... If we’re going to is the equality of every human,” he for the graduates in the LIFE program tional Provost’s Breakfast on campus. The other “was to let my daughter take the story of the Gospel seriously, said. “We’re all the same; none of us — Lipscomb Initiative for Education After graduation, guests and inmates know that educational opportunities grace means second chances.” are greater or better, and no sin is -— offered behind the locked steel enjoyed a sheet cake baked in the exist any and everywhere, regardless In his address during the ceremony, greater or worse than anyone else’s.” doors and razor-wire perimeter of prison’s kitchen, complemented by of what your address is, and, though Lipscomb President L. Randolph “It was the most enjoyable gradua- Nashville’s Tennessee Prison for fruit and other dessert treats. we fall, we can always get up.” Lowry echoed the connection between tion I’ve ever been to,” Hackett said. “It Women. Lipscomb University is associ- Eight students received their Now an eighth-grader, Seagraves’ learning and liberation. was all the cliched things you hear in ated with Churches of Christ. diplomas before an audience of about daughter was 14 months old when her “As you complete this program, my graduation speeches, … but it wasn’t Comprising 63 hours of course- 150 people. A ninth student — who was mom went to jail. hope is that you, in fact, do find a sense cliched. It was real.”

Erika East receives her diploma and congratulatory handshake from Lipscomb Razor wire lines the prison, which houses Barbi Brown and Tabitha Slack put on their Inmates join guests of the graduates along with Lipscomb faculty, administrators and Gift bags for each graduate included a Bible Anticipating the culmination of long years of study, graduate Antoinette “Toné” University president L. Randolph Lowry during a graduation ceremony at the women from pre-release to death penalty, graduation gowns. Brown delivered the board members for the university’s first bestowal of associate degrees. University officials and a publication from Lipscomb University’s Kidder-Hill queues up with fellow students and Lipscomb faculty in preparation Tennessee Prison for Women in Nashville. according to corrections officials. student response during the graduation. sought to replicate a campus graduation ceremony as closely as possible in prison. College of Arts and Sciences. for the graduation procession. 18 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE FEBRUARY 2014

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Call David at (575) 356-5372 or (575) 749-0785 Visit our web page www.nmcch.org or email [email protected] FEBRUARY 2014 FROM THE SECOND FRONT the christian chronicle 19 INTERACT: Working together ‘implies agreement,’ minister warns FROM PAGE 3 • In Spokane, Wash., 400 people that also claim Jesus yet practice their gathered for a recent all-area worship, faith in ways that differ from the pattern hosted by Churches of Christ. church members see in Scripture? Organizers invited Churches of Christ Opinions in Churches of Christ and several Christian Churches, which across the U.S. vary from cooperation also claim the Restoration Movement as to confrontation, said church members part of their heritage. interviewed by The Christian Chronicle. “The Churches of Christ led the Churches of Christ have roots in the service with a cappella music,” said American Restoration Movement, which Patrick Newbill, minister for the began on the U.S. frontier in the 1790s Westside Church of Christ in Airway and called for Christians of all denomina- Heights, Wash. “It was a good way to tions to rid themselves of man-made reach out to others who don’t believe creeds, following the Bible only. exactly as we do.” More than two centuries later, the debate in Churches of Christ over how ‘DENOMINATIONALISM IS A SIN’ to relate to other faith groups has inten- In Amarillo, ministers for the Central sified, church members said, as young Church of Christ cited Jesus’ prayer believers eschew the “brand loyalty” Neil Starkey/AGN Media in John 17 as a rationale for coopera- of their parents and join community Howard Griffin of First Presbyterian Church, Allan Stanglin of Central Church of Christ, Howard tion with other faith groups. Before churches outside the fellowship — Batson of First Baptist Church and Burt Palmer of Polk Street United Methodist Church, all in his crucifixion, Christ prayed for his churches that also claim the Restoration Amarillo, Texas, participate in a combined Thanksgiving service at First Baptist. disciples and “for those who will believe ideal of non-denominational Christianity. in me through their message, that all of The phenomenon is “almost breath- new Church of Christ members, he said, Church of Christ in Louisiana, who them may be one.” takingly ironic,” said Libby Weed, on doctrinal matters such as baptism by has participated in prayer groups for “We’re really taking John 17 seri- principal of Brentwood Christian School immersion. Churches of Christ believe more than a decade. “But it has also ously,” Stanglin said. The goal, he in Austin, Texas. “Our movement began the practice is essential for salvation. made me appreciate my heritage in the added, is stated by Jesus in his prayer: as an effort to unite Christians — to do Many denominations do not. Restoration Movement even more. “so that the world may believe.” away with sectarian ‘branding’ and be “To work with other religious groups “We have met only to pray together Jay Kelley, evangelist for the Austin Christians only. What a jarring paradox implies agreement — or at least no for our community,” he added. “We Street Church of Christ in Levelland, that, in the minds of many, we in disagreement — to other religious almost never talk doctrine.” Texas, agrees with that idea, though he Churches of Christ want to draw rigid groups, to the world and, sometimes, • In Austin, Texas, 342 churches, has come to different conclusions about lines of exclusion and impose bound- to the weak brother or sister,” he said. including representatives of 13 denomi- cooperating with denominations. aries that Scripture does not impose.” “Our brotherhood has usually refused nations, took part in “Explore God,” a “Denominationalism is a sin — Recent efforts to break down those to participate in Billy Graham crusades recent multimedia campaign. Organizers whether it’s practiced by ‘us’ or ‘them,’” barriers — such as 4 Amarillo — are for such reasons — especially as they designed the campaign to tackle often- he said. “It is in direct conflict with the not unprecedented, said Steve Sandifer, professed a ‘worship at the church of difficult questions ministers hear, such as, prayer of Jesus in John 17. Because pastoral minister for the Southwest your choice’ teaching.” “How can a loving God allow suffering?” of this ... I have very little to do with Central Church of Christ in Houston. The campaign’s website, www.explore organized ecumenical activities that “This church has, for 70 years, SERVING THE HOMELESS, PRAYING TOGETHER god.com, was promoted on billboards are designed to accept all beliefs, cooperated with others in Kingdom Across the U.S., Churches of Christ across the city as part of “a media blitz unchallenged.” matters,” he said. “During World War cooperate on various levels with other the likes of which Austin has never He does, however, participate in II, we cooperated with the YMCA in faith groups: seen,” said Roger McCown, minister for activities that encourage spiritual serving the needs of soldiers. ... We • Congregations including Southwest the Brentwood Oaks Church of Christ. growth. While preaching in Kansas, cooperate with area churches in staffing Central in Houston, the Manhattan The congregation participated in the he helped launch a Bible study with and supporting a hunger coalition food Church of Christ in New York and the effort. From their individual pulpits, several denominational preachers in and clothing distribution center. Tempe Church of Christ in Arizona ministers, including McCown, preached which each presented a lesson from the “None of these requires us to deny participate in interfaith organizations sermon series on “big questions” raised book of Romans and allowed time for who we are or compromise what we that help the homeless. by the campaign. the others to ask questions. believe,” he said. “In a major urban • Several ministers for Churches of “We can and should be involved in “I believe many of our early pioneer area like Houston, it is not Churches Christ serve as hospital or police chap- these things,” McCown said. “We give preachers had the right idea,” he said. of Christ against the Baptists. It is lains, sometimes supervised by minis- away nothing and we gain much.” “There must be a willingness to change Christians trying to share Jesus ters from various denominations. • The Tempe Church of Christ when Scripture demands it, while being with Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus, • Some ministers for Churches of rents its building on Sunday nights to unwilling to bend on scriptural doctrine. Zoroastrians, Jews and cultural pagans.” Christ participate in prayer groups a community church with a growing “While this hasn’t been the most But Park Linscomb, minister for the alongside denominational leaders. outreach to students at Arizona State successful viewpoint in terms of Manchester Church of Christ in New “I’ve learned to love these people and University. The community church was ecumenical unity, I believe it has been Hampshire, called for caution when coop- appreciate their approaches to theology violating the fire codes at its previous very successful in terms of reaching erating with other faith groups. Such and church life,” said Keith Roberts, facility, said Blake Jones, connecting individuals with the unencumbered interaction may cause confusion among preaching minister for the Calhoun minister for the Tempe Church of Christ. Gospel of Christ.” 20 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE FEBRUARY 2014

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FEBRUARY 2014 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE 21 A conversation with Carisse Mickey Berryhill HONORING AND DIGITIZING the past is a heavenly pursuit for this archivist at Abilene Christian University

BY LYNN McMILLON | THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE heritage, I focus on identifying and nity’s attitudes toward the role of faith preserving collections of mostly non- in our national destiny. arisse Mickey Berryhill is the kind of book materials, such as letters, diaries, Students ought to understand how the person who thinks ahead — about sermons, manuscripts, photographs, early 20th century stimulated enthu- 300 years ahead, she says. recordings, pamphlets, church histo- siasm for missions and for institutions, ries, newsletters, mission reports, and how the social upheavals of the late As a librarian and archivist for teaching materials, cloth charts, 20th century challenged the hegemony CAbilene Christian University in Texas, she websites and ephemeral documents. of those same institutions. wants to make it easy for future generations We are also stewards of extensive Knowing our history makes our faith of researchers to access documents about the collections of historic books and peri- both rooted and real. It equips us to history of Churches of Christ. odicals from Churches of Christ and think about how to be faithful in our related groups. own time. She also wants church members to be aware We digitize some materials to make of their heritage of faith. When you ignore them accessible. For example, we are What are you studying currently? your past, “you lose your sense of who you’ve in the middle of a three-year project to I have two projects going right now. been and where you were,” she told the ACU digitize about 2,000 of our missionary I am transcribing one of Campbell’s Optimist in February 2005, eight months after photographs made between 1899 and college notebooks from Scotland, 1969 in 45 countries outside the U.S. written from 1808 to 1809. This note- she started working for the university. book had immigrated with Campbell As a child, she cherished a comic book based How can an academic life also be descendants to Australia and was on the Old Testament book of Esther, she told a spiritual ministry? returned in 1985 to Bethany College, the Optimist. The daughter of a Church of A disciplined mind that is humble ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY which he founded in 1840. Christ minister, she studied English and began before the Lord is a worshipful mind, Carisse Mickey Berryhill I am working from microfilm made therefore academic life is part worship of it in Australia and from a photocopy teaching at Lubbock Christian University in and part witness. tial men of the 19th century, but he is not made in Bethany. I began the transcrip- Texas at age 25. She earned advanced degrees Professors love to discover and to try well-known today. He worked tirelessly tion during an ACU sabbatical a couple in library science and church history. In 1992 to connect the dots. But professors are through publishing, public speaking and of years ago. This research reveals so she moved to Memphis, Tenn., to work as not satisfied just to know things — they education to encourage Christians to much about the roots of Campbell’s associate librarian for Harding School of want to share their insights with young demonstrate the love of God to the world ideas on truth, beauty, and community. people to equip them to bring light, through their love for one another. I am also working on a book of edited Theology, where she served for 12 years. justice and love into the world. He has been caricatured as a cold ratio- interviews with theological librarians She is a scholar of Alexander Campbell and Knowledge is both beautiful and nalist, but he was a person of great vision who have been guests in my online the 19th century Stone-Campbell movement, formative, thus it is both a service and a and passionate hopefulness. He was a course on theological librarianship. My a back-to-the-Bible awakening associated ministry. great blend of intelligence and optimism. colleagues have been generous with with Churches of Christ. She directs the acqui- their time and candor about the work What attracted you to study the life What do college students and others they do. I admire their hospitality. sition of print, archival and digital collections of Alexander Campbell? need to know about our Restoration related to the movement for the university’s I knew he was important to my heri- heritage? Why is Christian education so Center for Restoration Studies. tage, but I wanted to understand why. We need to know that we have a heri- important today? She has received accolades for her work Because I was a student of language tage and what comprises that heritage. A Christian education is more than from Pepperdine University and the Web- and the history of rhetoric, I was struck It’s inspiring to learn about heroes and adding Bible classes to a normal course by the fact that he was educated in Scot- heroines of faith through whom God of college studies. It is participating based Information Science Education (WISE) land — the birthplace of modern rhetor- has loved and saved us. in a community of mind, heart and Consortium. She currently serves as chair of ical thought. I was curious about how It’s also good to understand the creativity. It is about interacting with the Corporation Board of Restoration Quarterly. Campbell’s ideas about communication ideas and social forces that shaped our scholar-teachers who think rigorously were formed by his education and how forbearers and us. Students need to across diverse disciplines and cultures What does a theological librarian do? they played out in his long career as a understand how early American ideals — with reverence for God and love for We specialize in gathering, organizing debater, educator and publisher. in the Republic and on the frontier God’s whole world. and preserving religious resources taught us to value freedom of individual Studying with Christian educators and building bridges from them to the What do you see as the lasting judgment, for example. will form and mobilize young people to needs of readers. heritage of Campbell? We ought to understand how the Civil show the light of the love of Christ in As a librarian and archivist of our Campbell was one of the most influen- War revealed deep rifts in our commu- our world. 22 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE FEBRUARY 2014

FACULTY POSITIONS AVAILABLE All candidates must be active members of the church of Christ and committed to Christian education. ATHLETIC TRAINING EDUCATION PROGRAM. Seeking a full-time program director for lations with communication disorders are highly desirable. August 2014. The successful candidate will possess a doctorate or meet degree guidelines for BOC/ Submit a letter of application and curriculum vitae to Dr. Dan Tullos, chair, at [email protected]. Commission of Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (minimum of a master’s); hold current national certification and be in good standing with the BOC; hold or be eligible for current Arkansas ENGLISH DEPARTMENT. Seeking full-time faculty member. The successful candidate will licensure; have a minimum of five-years experience as a BOC-certified athletic trainer; hold a clinical in- possess experience teaching English composition and a minimum of a master’s degree; doctorate structor educator certificate with board of certification; and demonstrate teaching, research, scholarship preferred. The position can lead to teaching literature classes as well. A diversity of teaching areas is and service consistent with institutional standards. Responsibilities include planning, evaluating and helpful, as is the ability to incorporate technology into the teaching of writing and literature. directing the curriculum; advising students in both their education and clinical experiences; maintain- Send letter of application and curriculum vitae to Dr. John Williams, chair, at jewilliams@har- ing certification of the program with the CAATE; coordinating work with the athletic program; oversee ding.edu or Box 12248, Searcy, AR 72149. and direct the education and clinical work of all athletic faculty and staff; teaching responsibilities in the CAATE accredited program, clinical responsibilities in athletic training facility, and direct supervision of MUSIC DEPARTMENT. Seeking full-time faculty in woodwinds. The successful candidate will students as a preceptor. Additional responsibilities will include serving on university and departmental have a doctorate in music (master’s considered) with a strong performance background. A strong committees and other departmental duties as assigned. background in jazz and successful K-12 teaching experience are preferred. Responsibilities include Submit a letter of application and curriculum vitae to Dr. Kenneth Turley, exercise and sports scienc- serving as primary woodwind specialist for the department; teaching private woodwinds in area(s) es chair, at [email protected]. of specialty; teach Class Woodwinds method course; teaching additional areas based on candidate’s expertise, preferably including jazz and music education; and participating in recruiting, advising CARR COLLEGE OF NURSING. Seeking clinical director for the Master of Science in Nursing/ and other departmental activities. family nurse practitioner track as an assistant/associate professor of nursing beginning January 2014. Send letter of application and curriculum vitae to Dr. Mike Chance, associate professor, at The successful candidate should maintain an active, unencumbered nursing license; be eligible for [email protected]. RN and APRN licensing in the state of Arkansas; have a minimum of a graduate degree in nursing; be currently, nationally certified as a family nurse practitioner; and have work experience in a primary OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PROGRAM. Seeking program director. The successful candidate care practice. Ph.D., D.N.P. or related doctoral degree is required; an experienced, qualified applicant will have a doctoral degree, eight years of clinical experience in the OT field, administrative experi- currently pursuing a doctoral degree will be considered. Responsibilities include administrative respon- ence, and three years in a full-time academic appointment at the post-secondary level. sibility for the program outcomes, working collaboratively in shared governance with administration Submit a letter of interest to Dr. Rebecca Weaver, dean of the College of Allied Health, at Box and faculty of the College of Nursing and College of Allied Health, teaching online courses, and 12287, Searcy, AR 72149. participating in program development and implementation. The College of Nursing encourages appli- cants who are willing to facilitate exceptional student distance learning environments, value mentoring PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT PROGRAM. Seeking one full-time and one half-time faculty positions. and advising students, and are willing to engage in service for the University, profession and commu- The successful candidate should possess a minimum of a master’s degree in physician assistant studies nity. Applicants will be expected to pursue scholarly interests and engage students in these activities. or similar field. Three years of clinical experience and one year of teaching experience preferred. PA Seeking full-time faculty member for Master of Science in Nursing, family nurse practitioner applicants should be NCCPA certified and eligible for licensure as a physician assistant in the state of track for spring 2015. The successful candidate should maintain an active, unencumbered nursing Arkansas. Applicants with other clinical training should have corresponding professional certification license; be eligible for RN and APRN licensing in the state of Arkansas; have a minimum of a gradu- and be eligible for professional licensure in the state of Arkansas. Responsibilities include participating ate degree in nursing; be currently, nationally certified as a family nurse practitioner; and have work in the teaching of the program’s core curriculum; advising and mentoring students; assisting with the experience in a primary care practice. Teaching experience is preferred. A candidate with a Ph.D., hands-on practical training of students in various clinical skills needed in clinical practice; maintaining D.N.P. or related doctoral degree is required, and an experienced, qualified applicant currently clinical competency through practice at the program’s affiliated clinic site; conducting scholarly activity pursuing a doctoral degree will be considered. Responsibilities include teaching graduate nursing in the faculty’s area of expertise; and engaging in service to the college, university and community. courses, working collaboratively in shared governance with administration and faculty, teach online Submit a personal statement of teaching philosophy, three letters of professional reference, a transcript courses, and participate in program development and implementation. of professional degree training along with any other graduate or professional degrees awarded, and curric- For either position, contact Dr. Susan Kehl, graduate director, at [email protected], Box 12265, ulum vitae to Dr. Michael Murphy, chair, at [email protected] or Box 12231, Searcy, AR 72149. Searcy, AR 72149, or 501-279-4941. SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY. Seeking full-time faculty member. The successful candidate will DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY. Seeking full-time lab supervisor. The successful applicant will possess a Ph.D. in Old Testament. Preference will be given to applicants with postdoctoral teaching organize and supervise freshman level chemistry laboratories. A bachelor’s degree in chemistry is re- experience as well as ministry experience. Responsibilities include teaching Old Testament courses, quired; a master’s degree is preferred. Duties include chemical preparation, laboratory set-up, pre-lab teaching Hebrew in classroom and online formats, and serving on research committees. lectures, supervision of beginning chemistry laboratories, and grading. Submit a letter of interest and curriculum vitae to Dr. Evertt W. Huffard, dean, at [email protected]. Applicants should contact Dr. Dennis Matlock, chair, at [email protected]. THEATRE DEPARTMENT. Seeking full-time assistant technical director. Responsibilities include DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS. Seeking a full-time assisting directors in set design and construction for the Homecoming musical, Spring Sing all-cam- faculty member. The successful candidate will possess a Ph.D. and hold the certificate of clinical pus musical revue, and Searcy Summer Dinner Theatre; constructing sets and supervising student competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Candidates with a master’s workers; and providing supervision for theatre program shop facilities. degree will be considered. Clinical supervisory experience and experience working with adult popu- Submit application, current resume and portfolio to Robin Miller, chair, at [email protected].

ADDITIONAL OPENINGS ANTICIPATED Due to increasing enrollments and anticipated retirements, Harding expects to have additional openings in behavioral sciences, American history, graphic design, Spanish and oral communication. Individuals interested in any of these positions should contact Dr. Larry Long, provost, at [email protected] to obtain more information about specific openings. These openings will be filled as funding is approved. FEBRUARY 2014 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE 23 CAMPUS MINISTRY CHRIST’S STUDENT CHURCH AT CAROLINA COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Church of Christ campus ministry at the University of South Carolina organized two recent picnics for homeless residents. “Our students host these picnics a few times each year in a large city park, providing a serving line in which guests come through and have sandwiches made to order, along with hot soup and other side items,” campus minister Randy Gore said.

HIGHER EDUCATION ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ABILENE, Texas — “I Will Listen.” So reads the cardboard sign that Reid Rivers, an ACU freshman missions major from Juneau, Alaska, holds in silence on a walkway between the campus center and the library. “Looking around the world and inside myself, there’s a lot of pain and hurt,” Rivers told the student newspaper The Optimist. “As Christians, what we tend PHOTO PROVIDED BY IRON ROSE SISTER MINISTRIES to do is speak and preach and Bilingual ladies’ day in Colorado brings together sisters, young and old teach to that, and Participants pose for a photo during a ladies’ event presented by Iron Rose Sister Ministries and hosted by the Northwest Church of Christ in a lot of times, Westminster, Colo. Tears filled the eyes of many as the girls and women sang “I Love You With the Love of the Lord” in both English and Spanish. that hurts more Iron Rose Sister Ministries executive director Michelle J. Goff taught classes in English and Spanish on Friday night and Saturday. While the than helps.” English-speaking group was in the auditorium for a lesson, the Spanish-speaking women met in small groups. Then they switched. Iron Rose So, Reid took Sister Ministries is a bilingual ministry for women. For more information, see www.ironrosesister.com or email [email protected]. a different approach: “Some people just need Denny Petrillo of Bear Valley Bible “We recognize that the Renaissance spoTLIGHT another person Institute, Michael C. Turner of Amridge Center is so much more than a willing to listen. University, John Tyson Jr. of Rochester building,” FHU President Joe Wiley So, that’s my College and Joe Wiley of Freed- said. “It’s the heart of the Dickson Adoption angel goal, to listen MANDY LAMBRIGHT, THE OPTIMIST Hardeman University. community, and that’s why it’s the and show the Reid Rivers offers to listen perfect place to make our home in CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Elizabeth Rich love of God.” to fellow students’ needs. FREED-HARDEMAN UNIVERSITY Middle Tennessee.” Bolz, executive director of Colorado HENDERSON, Tenn. — FHU, based in West Christian Services, was honored as an FAULKNER UNIVERSITY Tennessee, plans to expand to Middle LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY “Angel in Adoption” MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Faulkner hosted the Tennessee, thanks to the largest gift in LUBBOCK, Texas — LCU has received a $10 by the Congressional recent Christian College and University the university’s 144-year history. million gift to construct a new nursing Coalition on Adoption Presidents’ Conference. The Jackson Foundation transferred building. Institute. Bolz was Those who attended included Andrew ownership of the Renaissance Center in The donation was made by the J.T. selected by Rep. Mike Benton of Pepperdine University, John Dickson to FHU. and Margaret Talkington Charitable Coffman, R-Colo., to deSteiguer of Oklahoma Christian Designed as a fine arts and tech- Foundation in honor of Margaret receive the award for University, Steve Eckman of York College, nology learning center, the $18 million Talkington. It is the largest gift ever her service in the Billy Hilyer of Faulkner, Ken Hoppe of facility includes 110,000 square feet of received by the LCU Foundation. field of adoption. Rep. SCOTT LLOYD Crowley’s Ridge College, Dennis Jones classroom space, conference rooms, “This gift will advance our mission Michelle Bachman, Elizabeth Rich Bolz of Heritage Christian University, Randy film and video production studios, of changing lives, strengthen our part- R-Minn., presided with a baby placed Lowry of Lipscomb University. theater areas, offices and a planetarium. nership with the Covenant School of over the ceremony in for adoption. Others in attendance were Bruce Starting this fall, FHU will offer a Nursing and enhance nursing educa- Washington, D.C. McLarty of Harding University, Tim four-year undergraduate program and tion in this region and beyond,” LCU Colorado Christian Services is associ- Perrin of Lubbock Christian University, post-graduate degrees in Dickson. President Tim Perrin said. ated with Churches of Christ. 24 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE CALENDAR FEBRUARY 2014

Jan. 6-9 National Conference on Youth The church of Christ in Wheeler, Texas, is Ministries. Daytona Beach, Fla. Contact Full-Time Minister Channelview Church of Christ searching for a pulpit minister. [email protected] or www.ncym.org. in Channelview, Texas is soliciting applications Prescott Church of Christ for a pulpit minister; a college degree or degree/ Our preference is a married man with some Jan. 11 Mladen Jovanovic Life in Prescott, Arkansas is soliciting applications certificate from a school of preaching preferred. experience as a full-time preacher, with a Celebration. Bammel Church of Christ, for a pulpit minister; a college degree or degree from Salary is $50K+, commensurate with Biblical degree and a deep knowledge of the Houston, Texas. Contact (281) 440-1910 or a school of preaching is preferred. Salary experience; 3-bedroom house provided. scriptures. Our 125-member congregation www.mladencelebration.com. is $50+ and is negotiable; 4-bedroom house Interested candidates should forward a resume is diverse in background and age. We have provided. and sample of a recent sermon on Jan. 17-18 32nd Annual Medical CD-ROM/DVD to: many young families who will be a major Missions Seminar. Hosted by IHCF Interested candidates should forward Elders-Minister Application focus of our mutual efforts. We have three African Christian Hospitals. Marriott DFW resume, including sermon sample, to: Channelview Church of Christ elders. See online classified for more details. Airport South Hotel, Fort Worth, Texas. Prescott Church of Christ 1301 Sheldon Road Please contact: Stacy McCasland See www.ihcf.net/seminar. PO Box 578, Prescott, AR, 71857 Channelview, TX 77530 806 886-4000 Jan. 17-19 Winterfest 2014. “WEAVE 870-887-3160 [email protected] — I Will Build My Church.” Arlington, [email protected] or [email protected] 281-452-7129 Texas. Contact [email protected] or www.winterfest.org. Jan. 22-25 Sunset Vision Workshop. The Kandiyohi Minister Search “Assurance in Uncertain Times.” Sunset International Bible Institute, Lubbock, Church of Christ The church of Christ in Lander, Wyoming Texas. Contact www.sibi.cc/workshop or in central Minnesota, is seeking a has begun a preliminary search for a hardworking minister. (800) 658-9553. part-time minister. Lander is a medium sized town with a diverse Feb. 2-6 Freed-Hardeman University We are a small, acapella, established population located at the base of the beautiful Lectureship. “The Patience of Hope: church looking for a preacher to help Wind River Mountains in central Wyoming. First and Last Things in Thessalonians.” with continued growth. The church in Lander is a stable, Henderson, Tenn. Contact (731) 989-6000 self-supporting congregation active in many or www.fhu.edu/lectureship. Send Resumes to: areas of ministry and mission work. Feb. 7-8 Women of Hope Conference. “A Box 267 Please send inquiries and resumes to: Living Hope.” Embassy Suites, Murfreesboro, Minister Search Committee in care of: Tenn. See www.hhi.org/womenofhope. Kandiyohi MN 56251 [email protected] Feb. 14-16 Winterfest 2014. “WEAVE — I Will Build My Church.” Gatlinburg, Tenn. Contact [email protected] or www.winterfest.org. Feb. 21-23 Challenge Youth Conference. “For I am the Lord Your God.” Gatlinburg Convention Center, Gatlinburg, Tenn. Contact Larry Davenport: [email protected], (256) 710-7671 or www.cyconline.com. Feb. 23-26 40th Annual Southeast Institute of Biblical Studies Lectureship. Knoxville, Tenn. Contact (865) 691-7444 or www.wedopreaching.com. March 7-8 New England Church Growth Conference. “Disaster Relief for the Soul.” Manchester, Conn. church. Contact www.newenglandcgc.org or (203) 265-2787. March 19-22 The Tulsa Workshop. “Worth the Cost.” Tulsa, Okla. Fairgrounds. Contact (918) 344-3402 or www. tulsaworkshop.org. April 12-17 70th Annual Churches of Christ National Lectureship. Hyatt Regency Atlanta. Contact Hillcrest church at (404) 289-4573, West End church at (678) 444-4170 or www.cocnl.com August 1-3 100th Anniversary, Church of Christ in Tabernacle, N.J. Contact (609) 268-0576 or email [email protected].

Complete CALENDAR at www.christianchronicle.org FEBRUARY 2014 PEOPLE the christian chronicle 25 Newsmakers NAMED: Carly Cave, National Christian College Athletic Milestones Showcasing the moments of your life and the lives of loved ones. Association Scholar- Athlete for women’s soccer. Oleg Yakimenko, Anniversary an impressive legacy of service to others, Health Science Center at San Antonio and a national coordinator including thousands of healed patients across distinguished guest lecturer at the University for Russia for Eastern 60th the United States and abroad. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in European Mission. Donald and Marilyn Myers He was a man for all seasons. The first Dallas. Yakimenko served for in his family to become a physician, he A longtime member of the Texas Medical nine years as minister for taught himself to sail and ranch. He enjoyed Association, Dr. Branch practiced neuro- Cave the Neva Church of Christ golf, traveling, classical and country music, surgery in San Antonio for nearly 30 in St. Petersburg, Russia. singing hymns, reciting poetry, telling a good years. He practiced primarily at SW Texas Kostya Voropayev, direc- story and surrounding himself with family Methodist Hospital, where he developed the tor of mentor recruit- and friends. Neuroscience unit. He published more than ing and training for From surgery to ranching and from 20 articles on neurological and neurosurgical YouthReach International. academia to family, Dr. Branch lived an topics and helped develop techniques of Jim Carr, Rick Lytle energetic and productive life punctuated by spine fusion surgery that led to innovations and Ray Stewart to the his deep faith in Jesus Christ. Depending now used around the world. Herald of Truth/Hope for on the situation, he could be forgiving or In 2004, he was recognized by the Voropayev Life board of directors. Donald Myers and Marilyn Fourier were demanding, gentle or tough. At age 85, American Association of Neurological Katelyn Jackson and married Dec. 11, 1953, at 8th and Maine he made an amazing recovery from a life- Surgeons with the Humanitarian Award for Hannah Ketring to the Church of Christ in Enid, Okla., with Jack threatening heart arrest and extended coma. his medical mission work in Nigeria, Haiti Teach For America pro- Cox officiating. In many ways, his last 18 months were a and Guyana. He and his wife, Sylvia, estab- gram. Terry Winn, execu- Don worked for the Enid Post Office special blessing. lished the only emergency medical facility in tive director of human from 1954 to 1987, serving four of those He was born Aug. 9, 1926, in Bells, Tenn., an impoverished region in southeast Nigeria. resources for Oklahoma years in the Air Force. He served with the and later moved with his family to Jackson, In 2006, the Southern Neurosurgical Christian University. Kyle Air National Guard at Will Rogers World Tenn. His father, E.H. Branch, was a railroad Society awarded him the Distinguished Frederick, director of Airport until he retired in 1994. He drove a depot agent. His mother, Grace Mae Colvett Practitioner in Neurosurgery Award and in development for AGAPE school bus for five years and then worked 13 Branch, was a school teacher and home- 2010, the UT Dallas BrainHealth Center Winn in Nashville, Tenn. years at Vance Air Force Base Post Office, maker. Following high school, he served honored him by creating the Charles L. retiring in May 2013. honorably in the United States Army during Branch Award to recognize the nation’s ANNIVERSARIES: Marilyn is a homemaker and worked as a World War II. leading neuroscientists. 65th: John and Davida secretary for Enid Public Schools, working For three decades, Dr. Branch served Hollingsworth, San in the high school library from 1970 to 1980 as vice chair and trustee of the board Antonio, Texas. 63rd: and then in the central office. She served as of Oklahoma Christian University. The A.J. and Willie B. Coates, secretary for Superintendent Kim Keithly for Branches also sponsored numerous student Centerville, Tenn. eight years, retiring in 1992. scholarships. 58th: Bobby and Joyce They are members of Garriott Road He was an active member of the Mayberry, Centerville, Church of Christ, where he serves as deacon MacArthur Park Church of Christ, where he Frederick Tenn. 54th: John and they both volunteer. served as a Sunday school teacher, deacon, and Wanda Givens, Their children are Steve and Sally Myers, medical missionary and as an elder for more Centerville, Tenn. 50th: James and Edwardsville, Ill.; Kristi and Ken Murrell, than 43 years. Tommie Gadberry, Centerville, Tenn. Cushing, Okla.; and Sherri and Kurt Kreplin, Dr. Branch, a longtime member of the Savannah, Ga. They have seven grandchil- Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers BIRTHDAYS: 95th: Dale Herndon, dren and three great-grandchildren. After the war, he attended Lipscomb Association, was the founding partner Springfield, Mo. 81st: Willie B. Coats, College in Nashville, Tenn., and gradu- of Branch Ranch holdings in Guadalupe Centerville, Tenn. 80th: Jim McCord, Memorials ated from Vanderbilt University in 1949 County, where he developed and preserved Centerville, Tenn. and Vanderbilt Medical School in 1953. more than 1,700 acres with native grasses Charles L. Branch MD He began a neurosurgical residency at and wetlands. PASSAGES: Larry P. Bass, Nov. 19, the University of Chicago and completed While a student at Vanderbilt Medical Chattanooga, Tenn. Drew Cochran, 23, Texas neurosurgeon Charles L. Branch Sr. his training in 1959 at McGill’s Montreal School, he met Sylvia Lee Boswell, a coed Nov. 26, Edmond, Okla. June E. Collier, passed peacefully to his reward at the age of Neurological Institute under Drs. Wilder at Peabody College. They were married 90, Nov. 17, Seabeck, Wash. William E. 87 on Dec. 6, 2013, with family surrounding Penfield and Ted Rasmussen, two preeminent on Aug. 4, 1953, in Sylvia’s hometown of Galloway Sr., 85, Sedalia, Ky. Harry E. Glass, him at his San Antonio home. neurosurgeons. He remained in Montreal on Lakeland, Fla. 93, Oct. 18, Granite City, Ill. Guy F. Hester, Dr. Branch left a large legacy. He leaves the faculty of McGill until 1968 when he and Other survivors include his younger 77, Dec. 5, Corinth, Texas. Clark “Deak” behind Sylvia, a beloved wife of more than his family moved to San Antonio. Dr. Branch brother, Bill Branch of Roanoka, Va., and his Johnson, 91, Dec. 11, Lubbock, Texas. sixty years, five children and their spouses, was a clinical professor at McGill University younger sister Carolyn Branch Evanson of Jolynn Lawson, 75, Nov. 19, Wichita Falls, 18 grandchildren, one great-grandchild and Medical School, the University of Texas Irving, Texas. Texas. Juanita Quillin, 85, Dec. 13, Edmond, Okla. Bonnie Tappe, 87, Dec. 8, Hurst, Texas. Entries should be submitted to [email protected] or call (405) 425-5070. V. M. Whitesell, 91, Nov. 20, Edmond, Okla. Rates and guidelines are available upon request (credit card preferred). 26 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE FEBRuary 2014 editorial Two resolutions Jonah’s terrible, wonderful ending for 2014

1. We will get to know our neighbors. Across the nation, Churches of Christ are urging members to rekindle the fire of evangelism that, for many of us, has dwindled. We find it easy to board a plane and show Christ’s love across an ocean, but it’s more difficult to Illustration by Jim Padgett, courtesy of Sweet Publishing walk across the street and love our neighbors. To be honest, a lot of us don’t even know our neighbors. But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?” tions than those faced by people who come to Christ We resolve to make 2014 a year in which we set “It is,” he said. “And I’m so angry I wish I were dead.” as adults. We BUICKs grow up in church buildings, aside time to learn about the people with whom we But the Lord said, “You have been concerned about this plant, though you did showing up every time the doors are open, serving share a street, cul-de-sac or apartment complex. We not tend it or make it grow. ... And should I not have concern for the great city the Lord’s Supper and performing skits at Vacation will invite them into our homes of Nineveh, in which there are more than 120,000 people ... ?” Bible School — never indulging in the “fun sins.” ‘We pray that and visit their homes. We will — Jonah 4:9-11 How do we react when we see that this God — the learn about their children, one we’ve spent our whole lives serving — really we will seize the their parents, their hopes and don’t like Jonah. In a book with an evil king, pagan does love everyone, even the people who haven’t opportunities dreams. We pray that we will sailors and a giant, man-eating fish, he’s still, spent their lives like us? seize the opportunities God hands-down, the most unlikable character. In the Word Jonah is a book written to good people. It’s God provides provides to share our faith with He whines and runs from God — and a warning that those of us who are willing to our community. Ithen refuses to show the mercy to others that spend our lives serving the Lord can also be to share our 2. We will spend time God had just shown him. the most prone to forget the very nature of the faith with our in the Bible. Churches of My main problem with this little book is Lord. After years and years of service, we start community.’ Christ once were renowned how it ends. The prophet sits on a hill, over- to forget just how much we need God. We find for our amazing knowledge looking the city of Nineveh, angry that God ourselves, just like Jonah, sitting in our safety of Scripture. For many of us, isn’t raining down judgment on its people. He zone, looking down on the sinful city — a place that’s no longer the case. We resolve to dedicate loses his one comfort, a plant that’s giving desperately in need of God — and complaining time for regular Bible reading and meditation. him shade, and he tells God he wants to die. Jonathan Storment when we lose a creature comfort. Programs for mobile devices, including God, as always, gets the last word, and it’s The ending of Jonah is frustrating and bril- YouVersion, offer easy-to-use reading plans that send a question: “Shouldn’t I care about these people too?” liant. It’s a question that should make us mad and lead reminders and track progress. That’s it — no tidy bow or resolution. Jonah just fades us to action. If we want Jonah to have a better ending, In the spirit of increased Scripture reading, we’re to black with this little question floating in the air. we have to be the kind of people who write it ourselves. re-introducing a monthly, Bible-based devotional While I might not like Jonah, I realize that I am Shouldn’t the children of God care about everyone? in our Opinion pages titled “In the Word.” We pray more like him than I care to admit. I’m a BUICK, that you will find these devotionals inspiring as we (Brought Up In Church Kid). I’m thankful for that, Jonathan Storment is preaching minister for the Highland Church of pursue a deeper understanding of God’s plan. but I believe it brings with it a different set of tempta- Christ in Abilene, Texas. He blogs at jonathanstorment.com.

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The Christian Chronicle seeks dedicated emember the days when AM/FM radio was “I’m not interested in anything being offered, and I people of faith who wish to volunteer their news- virtually the only source of music available while don’t know those people in class.” Such thinking and gathering talents to serve our readership. Rtraveling? behavior is indicative of a Pandora mentality. Our goal is to provide news that informs, inspires Unless your car had an eight-track or cassette Views The Pandora concept in the church is really and unites. We seek new writers to join our ranks player, you were at the mercy of a local radio nothing new. In fact, the first century church in of correspondents who regularly provide us news station for music and entertainment while on the Corinth had its own form of it. Members of that stories, features and interviews from across the road. Even if you could tune in to a station that local body had broken off into groups, building nation and around the world. We are particularly played your favorite style of music, there were their own “playlists” around their favorite interested in Christians with experience writing for those times when songs were played that you church leader, as discussed in 1 Corinthians newspapers or magazines who can meet deadlines didn’t particularly like. You learned to tolerate it 1:11-12. Some resonated with Paul’s analyt- and have a working knowledge of Associated Press until the next selection came on the air. ical approach, while others preferred Apollos’ style. If interested, please send two or three writ- Then a few years ago, Pandora came on the dynamic style. One cluster liked Peter’s “live in ing samples to Chronicle editor Erik Tryggestad scene, and suddenly a whole new world of Jan Knox the moment” way of life, and then there was the at [email protected]. managing music opened up. With Pandora, group that followed only Christ. you can build your own personal radio station on your Rather than commend this practice, the Lord, through Letters computer or iPhone. You can select a music genre or Paul, points out its divisiveness and makes an appeal artist and then, when a song is played, you can give it for unity of mind and thought. Then, in 1 Corinthians a “thumbs up” to keep it on your playlist or a “thumbs 12, he states that everyone baptized by one Spirit forms Chronicle readers made a difference down” to remove it. You can pick and choose whatever one body and is a part of that body, belonging to one On behalf of the board, administration, faculty, you want, creating your own blend of music and never another. As mere parts of the body, we are not in a posi- staff and students of Southwestern Christian again have to tolerate listening to music you don’t like. tion to determine who belongs and who doesn’t. College in Terrell, Texas, this is to thank you for We can become so accustomed to the Only God, as head of the body, has the editorial you wrote in the December issue of Pandora concept that we begin applying the authority to build and arrange The Christian Chronicle (Page 24). it in other areas of life, including the the “playlist” — not us, Paul states We are very appreciative of your efforts to let the church. Why should we tolerate in 1 Corinthians 12:18. Our job is to brotherhood know of our fundraising campaign to worship styles we don’t like and people accept each one that God adds to the offset the $2.5 million in federal funds that has been with whom we have little in common body and have equal concern for one cut for the next five years. when we can just build our own another (see verse 25). To date, we have received $463,995.51 in pledg- “church,” choosing a personal “playlist” So if you find that you have created es, of which $344,865.51 has been collected. of people and activities we want? your own narrow Pandora “playlist” We are also very thankful for the readers of Our spiritual community becomes in the church, decide now to broaden The Christian Chronicle, who are responsible for our Bible class, our small group or the your horizons to include and partici- $177,213.47 of the amount collected. Christian friends with whom we hunt, pate with everyone God has added At our 76th annual lectureship, we kicked off shop or do kids’ sports. We have little or to his body of believers, whether they the 2014 leg of the “Soaring within a Culture of nothing to do with God’s people outside of share your choice of style and inter- Excellence Campaign.” We have $5,000 in pledges that circle. We may attend a Bible class with our peers ests or not. You might be surprised how blessed and for next year’s campaign so far, of which $1,000 but skip the worship assembly because it “doesn’t fit enriched your life will be as a result. has been collected. my style or meet my needs.” Or we may hang out in Thank you again for your efforts in helping the fellowship center with our friends on Wednesday JAN KNOX IS an administrative assistant, minister’s wife, and ladies’ Bible Southwestern Christian College. night instead of attending a Bible class because class teacher for the Granbury Church of Christ in Texas. James Maxwell | vice president for institutional expansion

I pray for Christian My prayer for My prayer is from Holy Sovereign VOICES unity that comes 2014 is that Micah 4:1-3, “The Living God, may from Christians churches will law will go out I allow my heart What is your prayer submitting to God’s unleash the from Zion ... He to be completely for 2014? will in an unprece- untapped will judge filled with your dented way. As a creativity of their between many Holy Spirit. Touch Asked by Erik Tryggestad, result, people will members by peoples and will the heart of our editor. be inspired to turn encouraging settle disputes for president and to Jesus for the first time and others them to put their faith into strong nations far and wide.” legislators to have your integ- will be influenced to return to him. action — in a wide variety of For this purpose, we need to rity that will allow America to ways — to reach out to the go into the world with his Gospel continue to be a great nation. Larry Musick | Nashville, Tenn. community. more strongly. Jim Frazier | Sibley, La. Jennie Keeran | Victoria, British Columbia Shiro Obata | Gunma Prefecture, Japan 28 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE FEBRUARY 2014

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Do the homosexuals in your English at Syracuse University. church and community know An open lesbian and gay activist, how much you love them? How she was doing research for a have you proven it to them? book she was writing about Are you sure they appreciate the “religious right,” when she the way you love them? met a Christian minister who began to turn her thoughts hose questions, posed at and heart toward Christ. She a conference I attended describes her conversion as a titled, “For God So Loved “train wreck” that destroyed her the World ...,” challenged life as she knew it. Butterfield’s Tme to rethink my assump- entrancing writing style and tions about how my church relatable experiences offer the and I minister to those strug- reader many ways to connect gling with same-sex attraction with her story. She relentlessly or even living a secret homo- stresses the cost of disciple- sexual lifestyle. ship. She writes, “I learned the I have been in ministry for first rule of repentance is that it more than 30 years, serving requires greater intimacy with churches in sparsely popu- God than with our sin.” lated rural areas, a medium- HHHH HHHH HHHH As she writes a few decades sized industrial town and now Sally Gary. Loves God, Likes Justin Lee. Torn: Rescuing Rosaria Champagne Butterfield. after her conversion, she is in Atlanta. Homosexuality was Girls: A Memoir. Abilene, Texas: the Gospel from the Gays vs. Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely now a Christian mother, and and is present in all of these Leafwood Publishers, 2013. 240 Christians Debate. Nashville, Convert. Pittsburgh: Crown & the wife of a minister. communities and churches in pages. $14.99. Tenn.: Jericho Books, 2012. Covenant, 2012. 154 pages. $12. There are some minor detrac- which I have served. 272 pages. $15. tions for me in the book. She With 13 years of experience speaks derisively, by name, of ministering to men and women and homosexuality for indi- A more prominent voice in committed, monogamous, same- a few other Christian authors young and old who are strug- viduals, families, churches, the Christian-gay debate is sex relationships, he argues by singling out a small compo- gling with same-sex attraction schools and communities. In Justin Lee, founder of the Gay for acceptance in the body of nent of their entire body of or homosexuality, I was inter- “Loves God, Likes Girls,” Christian Network, described Christ of gays who are choosing work with which she disagrees, ested to read three Gary offers vignettes that as a “nonprofit, interdenomi- celibacy and those who are which seems unnecessary to recent books written In Print vividly draw the reader national organization working in committed, monogamous her overall point. by people of faith who into her life and journey to increase dialogue between relationships. All three have also experienced with same-sex attraction. gays and Christians and support This book authors share this struggle. She opens up about her people on both sides wrestling will ignite their stories The authors all offer family, school and church. with related issues.” His recent emotions and with love, valuable insights to She shares her isolation, book, “Torn: Rescuing the thoughts and grace, humility Christians but differ embarrassment, humilia- Gospel From the Gays-vs.- will hope- and great in lifestyle and conclu- tion, fear, determination Christians Debate,” expresses fully inspire vulnerability. sions about homosex- and ultimately her faith. deep love for the church and readers to The reader will uality and faith. Don McLaughlin She tells about the devas- even for people who vehemently dig deeper on not agree with Sally Gary excelled tating effect of her father’s disagree with Lee’s conclusions. their own, no How can Christians relate to those with all the conclu- as a trial lawyer, teacher of rage in their home, and then Lee’s seven suggestions in matter where whom they disagree — without compromising sions of any debate, and a professor at the journey through openness the final chapter provide a they start or the truth? Read the complete series, including of them, just Abilene Christian University. and counseling that led them meaningful structure that can end up in their “Homosexuality and the church,” online. as the three But it was while on the faculty from painful isolation to loving improve how the church inter- beliefs about See “Bridges & Barriers” under the “Series” tab authors do not at ACU and a member of the embrace. But she shares all this acts with this subject and, homosexuality at www.christianchronicle.org. agree on all the Highland Church of Christ without defaulting to a general more importantly, with those and the Bible. issues either. in Abilene, Texas, that she statement connecting fathering who are gay. Although I do not Like the other books, However, these books are came forward with her secret flaws to same-sex attraction. agree with the way he states all “Secret Thoughts of an enlightening, engaging, and struggle: same-sex attraction. Her honesty can give others seven of them, they are still a Unlikely Convert: An English helpful in this vital conversa- This brave public disclosure a vision for what healing can valuable starting point. Professor’s Journey into tion for churches and families. was met with warmth, love, look like in a family — and Some readers will be Christian Faith” is directly support and opportunity in the within the body of Christ. I impressed by his approach, related to the author’s struggle DON McLAUGHLIN is pulpit minister for ACU community. She founded recommend this book to fami- while others will be critical with homosexuality and living the North Atlanta Church of Christ, where and directs CenterPeace, a lies, churches and anyone of his questionable exegesis. as a disciple of Jesus Christ. he and his wife, Susan, have served since ministry that facilitates safe struggling with the inner Because Lee believes the Bible Rosaria Champagne Butterfield 1997. He is an adjunct professor for Harding conversations about faith secrets they long to get out. is not definitive in rejecting was a tenured professor of University in Searcy, Ark. 30 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE OPINION FEBRUARY 2014 Charles Branch leaves legacy of faith Missionary Staff Senior Accountant he death of Dr. Charles Branch Sr. scenes of that great comedy. Mission UpReach (www.missionupreach.com), a church planting mission of is a tremendous loss to the world. Joyce and I recall with great fondness the churches of Christ, located in Santa Rosa de Copán, Copán, Honduras has a job He was one of the great intel- our trip to the Bible lands with Charles opening for a volunteer missionary staff accountant. This is a three-year commitment T lects of his generation, and he made and Sylvia. Stafford North organized position located in Santa Rosa de Copán. The successful candidate must have a significant contributions in his work the trip, and all the travelers studied bachelors in accounting and experience working as an accountant. Salary is $27,500 as a neurosurgeon. He was an exem- the people and places significant to per year. No Spanish language is required as a prerequisite to be considered. plary elder in the Lord’s church and a the travels. Charles and Sylvia were Please send your Curriculum Vitae and other inquiries to: devoted husband. only present for a couple of the study I first began hearing of Charles while sessions, but on the Phil Waldron, Director Mission UpReach he was doing his residency at McGill Insight trip Charles delivered [email protected] University’s Neurological Institute in a running commentary Montreal, Quebec. His wife is the sister on the sites we were of our lifelong friend JoAnne Boswell visiting. North, and we often heard stories about I remember vividly the Branch family and their experiences his rejecting the guide’s in Canada. Even though he was fully suggestion about the engaged with his medical work, he and place of the transfig- Honor. Duty. his family were instrumental in estab- uration. Charles had lishing the Lachine Church of Christ. Bailey McBride studied the matter care- In 1982, I joined a group of students fully and had a logical Service. God. who were going to Montreal to work with conclusion for his view. that church. Charles had done much of Charles regularly taught an adult Discover a unique Bible study series that will help your students the preaching and teaching as the church Bible class at the MacArthur Park develop the heart of a servant while drawing closer to God. was getting started. The congregation church. On a visit to a San Antonio, Each study course has been developed for students age 6-21. had a small but useful building. I attended his class and heard a While planning for that campaign, I marvelous exposition of Jesus’ prayer For more information visit GoodServant.org or learned that the Branches and about in John 17. He began by quoting the contact Kent Barnett, executive director of 50 members of the MacArthur Park passage from memory, and although he Church of Christ in San Antonio were had pages of notes, he never looked at Members of Churches of Christ for Scouting, going to be in Montreal about a month them during analysis of the prayer and at [email protected] or (325) 370-1679. before we would be there. Charles had its theology. established the criteria for making the Once, when Oklahoma Christian trip: a number of memory verses, spiri- University’s trustees were meeting tual disciplines practiced in preparation in San Antonio, the Branches invited and mastering Bible lessons to teach. everyone to their ranch for dinner. We Through the Norths, I met Sylvia and were able to see how he had become a Charles a couple of times, but I only first-class rancher as we toured his land. came to know Charles in the mid-1970s Later, after we had eaten, Charles when his children began attending got out his slide projector and began Oklahoma Christian University. I showing photos of the operations learned that he had been an English performed at Nigerian Christian major at Vanderbilt University and that Hospital. His love for that work was his favorite professor was Walter Clyde so great that he wanted everyone to Curry, a legendary scholar who had know about it and support it. One of published a major book on each of the his favorite stories was about working three great English writers — Chaucer, at the hospital with his son, Charles Jr., Shakespeare and Milton. Charles, a also a distinguished neurosurgeon, and great storyteller, often told about specific his granddaughter — three generations lectures he remembered from Dr. Curry. of doctors. He also did medical mission On one occasion, Charles was telling work in Haiti and Guyana. about his first opportunity to see a Charles and Sylvia have been my Shakespearean play, “Macbeth.” He heroes for years. They are intellectuals didn’t like it. He dramatized his pain of great faith and service. They have at hearing such terrible rendering of raised five remarkable children who are Shakespeare’s great lines. intelligent, focused and faithful to God. The Servant Leadership Series and the Religious Emblem Awards are owned and administered by Members of Churches of Christ for Scouting. The MCCS He could quote long passages from The world has lost a great humani- Religious Emblem Awards are officially recognized by the Boy Scouts of his favorite Shakespeare plays, though tarian and godly Christian. We are not America, Girl Scouts of the USA, Campfire, and American Heritage Girls. the work he loved best was “Cyrano de likely to see a man of his stature again. Bergerac” by Edmond Rostand. Charles delighted in acting out his favorite COntact [email protected]. FEBRUARY 2014 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE 31

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