Our mission: To inform, An international inspire and unite newspaper Vol. 68, No. 3 | March 2011 for Churches of Christ ‘He was a hero to his church family’ MEMBER KILLED, WIFE WOUNDED as gunman opens fire on Arizona congresswoman.

BY bobby ross jr. | THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE his wife, Mavy. “He was a hero to his church TUCSON, Ariz. — Until a clear, family,” pulpit minister Mike crisp Saturday morning erupted Nowak said. in gunfire outside a Safeway But in an instant, he became supermarket, few had heard of a hero to millions and propelled the Mountain Avenue Church the Mountain Avenue church of Christ. into the national Desert terrain spotlight. and mountain On the morn- ranges surround ing of Jan. 8, this city of the Christian 550,000, about couple had 60 miles north gone to meet of the Mexican Rep. Gabrielle border, where Giffords at a the 120-member “Congress on congregation Your Corner” meets in a red- PHOTO PROVIDED BY MOUNTAIN AVENUE CHURCH event. When a brick building Dorwan and Mavy Stoddard pose would-be assas- shaded by palm for a church directory picture. sin opened fire JENNIFER GLIDDEN trees. as the Stoddards Dorwan and Mavy Stoddard hold hands at a Mountain Avenue Church of Christ event several years ago. A familiar face only to his waited in line, Dorwan tried to friends, relatives and church protect his wife and was hit in Six people — including blank in the head and critically a mentally unstable college family, 76-year-old Dorwan the head, witnesses said. Dorwan Stoddard, 9-year-old wounded. Besides the congress- dropout, is charged in the Stoddard served Jesus in “His final act of selflessness Christina Taylor Green and U.S. woman, 12 others were injured, shootings. The gunman used a obscurity — taking charge of was to dive on top of his wife, District Judge John M. Roll — including Mavy Stoddard. In all, semi-automatic pistol. maintaining the 50-year-old sacrificing his life for hers,” were killed in the rampage. 19 people were shot. At a community memorial ser- church building and leading President Barack Obama told Gifford, a third-term Jared Lee Loughner, 22, vice that drew thousands to the the benevolence ministry with the nation. Democrat, was shot point- described by authorities as See ARIZONA, Page 12

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In Ukraine alone there are over 100,000 orphans.

This is mainly because of the moral void

created by communism. Most of the children are abandoned

by parents who may be drug addicts, alcoholics,

prostitutes or in prison. Many children are just left at

train stations and on the streets to fend for themselves day after day

and night after night. It’s enough to make anyone cry.

Eastern European Mission works closely

with partners and people throughout Russia, Ukraine and

Eastern Europe to help care for these orphans.

Christian families in Ukraine are doing much to help,

sometimes adopting three children at a time. Great work is also

being done with over 80 orphanages. God’s blueprint and

intent have always been for us to take care of the fatherless.

After all, this is pure religion. For the Bible tells us so.

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P.O. Box 670928 · Dallas, TX 75367 · 1-800-486-1818 · www.eem.org MARCH 2011 the christian chronicle 3 Tears, prayers One boy’s Bible reading inspires church follow Arizona “Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man does Christ in Memphis, Tenn., who was visiting follow him and worship him only.” not live on bread alone, but on every word that day. “He presented perhaps the best Over the next eight-plus minutes, the that comes from the mouth of God.’” synopsis of the Bible I have ever heard.” straight-A student spoke from memory mass shooting — Matthew 4:4 The surprising part: Davis is only 9 years as he shared what he had learned about TUCSON, Ariz. old. Yet the brown-haired boy with Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham, Moses, s you turn into the BY bobby ross jr. | THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE glasses delivered a sermon for the Gideon, Samson, Samuel, Deborah, Saul, parking lot, this ages as he encouraged the crowd David, Solomon, Isaiah and other key Athought strikes you: Sharply dressed in a button- of nearly 1,000 people to enjoy the figures of the Old Testament. This could be anywhere. down shirt and V-neck sweater blessings of daily Bible reading Then the son of Pleasant Valley From the street, this place vest, the speaker stood at the during 2011. members Jason and Amy Burton turned where a deranged soul shot front of the church, microphone “God speaks to us through his attention to the New Testament. so many people — and in hand, and talked about what the Bible, and what I think the “Jesus was born into the world, and he wreaked he had learned reading the Bible. Bible is trying to tell us is, it’s taught and told parables and did miracles Inside Story havoc on so The entire Bible. telling us how to live, and it’s so that we might believe in God and turn many lives A hushed silence overtook helping us to know God better back to him,” said Davis, a Central Arkansas — looks like the packed auditorium of the by telling us his characteris- Christian Schools third-grader. “But that a thousand Pleasant Valley Church of Christ First in a series: tics,” said Davis, no hint of wasn’t all God had in store for his son. He other shop- in Little Rock, Ark., as Davis Blessings of nervousness in his voice. See BIBLE READING, Page 14 ping centers. Burton spoke. daily reading “One of the main charac- You see “I had no idea what was about to teristics the Bible tells us MORE COVERAGE the sign for happen,” said Jerry Allison, a longtime about is God’s love,” he added. “God loves EDITORIAL: RESOLVE TO SPEND TIME IN THE WORD...... 30 La Toscana member of the White Station Church of us so much that he wants us to be his, F. LaGard Smith on SPIRITUAL MANNA...... 31 Village — Bobby Ross Jr. home of Safeway, Walgreen’s and a number of specialty shops and res- Building a lasting faith in teens taurants — and you almost miss the memorial flowers NATIONAL CONFERENCE on Youth and balloons by the road. You pull closer to the front Ministries emphasizes the crucial door of the supermarket role of parents. and see more flowers, more balloons and an array of BY bobby ross jr. | THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE candles, ribbons, flags, teddy bears and a “Giffords: U.S. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Hey, Mom and Congress” campaign placard. Dad. The youth ministry needs you. You see handwritten signs That message prevailed as more than with words such as “hope,” 400 youth ministers from across the nation “love,” “peace” and “forgive.” gathered in the shadow of Pikes Peak. You see shoppers going in A focus on the family — not to be con- and out of the store — almost fused with Colorado Springs-based Focus on like normal but not quite. the Family — dominated the recent National Inevitably, the shoppers stop, Conference on Youth Ministries (NCYM). reflect and bow their heads “We are really concentrating on family before pushing their grocery this year, in an attempt to turn what has carts to their cars. been called conventional youth ministry You shed tears. into a more generational approach,” said I was home in Oklahoma Dudley Chancey, an NCYM board member City — 1,000 miles away — and youth ministry professor at Oklahoma when I heard about the mass Christian University in Oklahoma City. shooting at a meet-your- Too often, youth ministries have made congresswoman event hosted it easy for parents to abdicate their cru- by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. cial role in raising teenagers of strong “My 1st Congress on Your Christian faith, said Eric Fridge, family bobby ross jr. Corner starts now. Please life minister of the First Colony Church of Reggie Joyner uses visual aids as he addresses participants at the National Conference on Youth See SHOOTING, Page 4 See YOUTH MINISTRY, Page 15 Ministries. Joiner is founder and CEO of Orange, also known as The reThink Group. 4 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE INSIDE STORY MARCH 2011 www.christianchronicle.org

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• Breaking news: Don’t wait to read all the latest news Erik TryggestaD or check out exclusive online features. Sign up for e-mail Jamie Williams smiles with a child at news alerts. Contact [email protected]. Son Light Children’s Home in Haiti. SHOOTING: ‘He has gone to be with the Lord’ FROM PAGE 3 ister Mike Nowak and his wife, Jody stop by to let me know what is on your — who were at the hospital with Mavy mind or tweet me later,” Giffords wrote Stoddard — and keeping Mountain on her Twitter page minutes before a Avenue members informed by e-mail would-be assassin shot her point-blank and other means. through the head. Ironically, I had met Knapp just a few Somehow she survived, although she days before at the National Conference faces a long, difficult road to recovery. on Youth Ministries in Colorado Six other victims — including Springs, Colo. She had attended a ses- Mountain Avenue Church of Christ sion on small-church youth ministry, member Dorwan Stoddard — were not and I got her contact information to so fortunate. They lost their lives. interview her later for a story on that As I followed news coverage of the topic (which I still plan to do, by the rampage, I felt the same queasy ache in way). But we had more urgent matters the pit of my stomach that accompanied to discuss when I called that Saturday. the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, the Knapp told me that Dorwan Stoddard 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001 and the had died when he tried to protect his Virginia Tech massacre in 2007. I prayed wife and was shot in the head. for the victims and the gunman. “He got on top of her and tried to I know I was not alone. shield her,” Knapp said. Not until a few hours later did News travels fast in the Internet age, The Christian Chronicle learn of the and before long, more than 125 Chronicle Mountain Avenue church’s heartbreak- readers posted condolences and prayers ing, direct connection to the tragedy. for Mavy Stoddard on our website. My friend Bobby Valentine, pulpit min- We were particularly pleased when ister of the Palo Verde Church of Christ Dorwan Stoddard’s granddaughter left in Tucson, confirmed that Dorwan a comment. Stoddard had been killed and his wife, “Thank you to everyone for your Mavy, wounded. thoughts and prayers,” Kaitlin Stoddard “He has gone to be with the Lord,” Bolduc wrote. “My grandfather was an Valentine said of Dorwan Stoddard. amazing man. If you knew him, it is no “They were active members in the surprise that he gave his life for his lov- church,” he said of the couple, whom ing wife. he knew through a Bible camp board “They gave everything to each other and joint activities between the two con- and were among some of the happiest gregations. “It’s a big tragedy.” people I’ve ever known. R.I.P. Grandpa We sent a news alert to Chronicle read- Dorwan. We’ll always love and miss you.” ers, reporting on Dorwan Stoddard’s That’s a sentiment shared by death and requesting prayers for the Stoddard’s entire church family — in family and Mountain Avenue church. Tucson and far beyond. Valentine urged me to contact Jessica Rest in peace, brother Dorwan. Knapp, the Mountain Avenue church’s youth ministry leader, for more details. CONTACT BOBBY ROSS JR. at bobby.ross@ Knapp was staying in touch with min- christianchronicle.org. MARCH 2011 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE 5 ARIZONA GOLD CANYON — That old firehouse just behind the car wash on Kings Ranch Road? It has a new use: church building. The Gold Canyon Church of Christ had met in an elementary school and later a preschool academy before signing a three-year lease on the fire- house with an option to buy, member Bob Jones said. Members donated sweat to reno- vate the firehouse, removing walls, painting, cleaning, pruning and trim- ming bushes. “Where firemen once slept are now classrooms, meeting rooms, an office and a children’s ministry,” Jones said. “And the kitchen becomes, well, a kitchen. After all, churches do need fellowships and potlucks.” MISSISSIPPI COLUMBIA — Jimmy Cox, 82, a Church of Christ preacher, and his wife, Shirley, 61, died in a Jan. 10 house fire, Brotherhood News reported. A one-time newspaper man, Cox had spent the last several years trying to KAY CAMPBELL, THE HUNTSVILLE (ALA.) TIMES keep a small congregation going. His first wife, Mattie, had died in 2004. Alabama congregation integrates America’s ‘most segregated hour’ They had three children, daughters Melinda Good and Barrion Palmer teach the Sunday school for kindergartners at the Central Church of Christ in Huntsville, Ala. The class make- Llene Poles and Nancy Tolbert, both of up reflects the diversity of the church, which in the 1970s set out to integrate what had been an all-white congregation. The Huntsville Times Mobile, Ala., and a deceased son, Jimmy published a recent historical feature story on the church’s journey to diversity. “With God, there is no favoritism,” elder Richard Brown said. Cox Jr. Nancy Tolbert is church secre- tary at the Regency Church of Christ in Mobile, and Regency minister Allen TENNESSEE woman, minister Trey Morgan said. spotlight Eldridge conducted Cox’s service. KNOXVILLE — Teresa Heinz, a member of “Our thinking was, if we can build the Arlington Church of Christ, started houses in Honduras every summer, why MONTANA a project that donates socks to the can’t we build one at home?” Morgan A heart to serve BIG TIMBER — God answers prayers in Knoxville Area Rescue Mission. said. The project took four months and his own time and way. The project is in memory of her son, involved most of the community, he said. JOLIET, Ill. — For Amber Holup, giving That truth was reinforced to the Big Zack, who died in a 2007 car accident. To see pictures, search for “Augment of time and money is a lifestyle. Timber Church of Christ as its effort to Heinz recalled that her son had at Project” at treymorgan.net. “I’ve been involved with the church buy a closed Evangelical Free Church times donated socks to the homeless serving the home- ran into financial roadblocks, member and helped the rescue mission. KELLER — The Heritage Church of Christ less. I’ve cleaned Garret Franks said. “After he died I tried to think of recently honored David Rogers for 44 parks. And recently But to the congregation’s amazement, something that could be done in his years of service on the congregation’s we made dresses out the Evangelical Free Church eventually memory,” Heinz told the Knoxville News ministerial staff. He led of pillowcases to give decided to give the closed building to Sentinel. “It just hit me that it would worship at both services to girls in Africa,” said the Church of Christ. The only condi- be kind of neat to take socks” to the that Sunday.Rogers the 12-year-old, who tion: The Church of Christ would sell rescue mission. retired Dec. 31. During attends the Cherry its old building and give the proceeds She collects socks year-round. his tenure, the church Hill Church of Christ. Holup to charities and organizations desig- had three names and met Amber organized nated by the Evangelical Free Church. TEXAS at four locations. a special project to benefit Shults- Now, the Big Timber Church of Christ CHILDRESS — An “Extreme Home Formerly the Midtown Lewis Child and Family Services in seeks a minister to help grow the church. Makeover” occurred as Childress Rogers Church of Christ in Fort Valparaiso, Ill. She sold homemade The church can help with a small amount Church of Christ members bought a Worth, the congregation pumpkin bread and raised $150. of support, but the minister needs a spon- dilapidated house, gutted it and restored moved north to this growing suburb “This goes to show that you do not soring congregation or his own financial it into a beautiful home. in 2001. Rogers and his wife, Nancy, will have to be an adult to help others,” means, Franks said. The home then was given to a needy remain members of the Heritage church. said her mother, April Holup. 6 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE ACROSS THE NATION MARCH 2011

DENNIS RICHMOND SR. Los Angeles Bible College honored these six ministers. Pictured are, from left, Billy Curl, O.J. Dyson, Carl C. Baccus, Calvin Bowers, Ellis Lewis Sr. and Burl Lundy. Slicer Street Church of Los Angeles area ministers’ Christ in Kennett, Missouri 275 years of service honored LOS ANGELES — Six ministers were • Burl Lundy, minister of the North announces its Centennial honored at the Figueroa Church of Pasadena Church of Christ. Christ for a combined 275 years of • Ellis Lewis Sr., minister of the preaching in the area. LaPuente Church of Christ. Celebration of 2011 The recent honor was bestowed by The wives of the honorees were the Los Angeles Bible College, which is presented with bouquets of roses at housed in the Figueroa facility. the end of the program, and a photo of Sunday, March 6 with LaMar Hester A special afternoon program honoring all the ministers and church leaders in Whatever your association with Slicer Street Church The evening service will focus on youth of Christ has been, we invite you to come back and the ministers began with fellowship, attendance was taken. and serve as a youth group reunion for help us celebrate 100 years of reaching for fullness singing, prayers, a stroll down memory The stroll down memory lane those who grew up in Kennett. in Kennett, MO. lane and a recognition of many consisted of sharing portions from

Sunday, April 3 with Sam Hester Choose one of the events and come back home as we deceased ministers who had served in an extended interview of each of the Impersonation of Marshall Keeble seek to celebrate the role of Slicer Street in our com- the Los Angeles area — a “cloud of six preachers honored, along with a munity and in each life. witnesses,” said Calvin Bowers, minis- musical salute of their favorite songs. Sunday, April 17 with Joe Gibbs ter of the Figueroa church. Each minister received a monetary Celebrating the “Colored Church of CD copies of the history of the church will be avail- Christ” from the 50s. able for all who come or who request a copy. Some of the men recognized in the gift from his respective congregation. “cloud of witnesses” group were R.N. These gifts ranged from $400 to $2,000. May 11-15 in a tent meeting with Johnny Hester Hogan, A.L. Cassius, Arthur Perkins, The Los Angeles Bible College also This date marks the 100th anniversary of Billy English, John Henry Clay, Damon gave each minister a custom-designed the original tent meeting out of which formed the church in Kennett. Williams, Vanderbilt Lewis, Russell suit from Marvin Wilkins’ “Clothing Moore, Lee Crowe, John Clemons, Collection.” June 26-27 with Martel Pace William T. Minor, Sam Cebrum, Carroll “We know that ministers can always We return to the Opera House on the Pitts Jr., Tulsa Ellis, Ned Reed and use another suit,” Bowers said. square, where the church first met weekly. Walter Boykin. Hogan was one of the Organizers said the main purpose in

Sunday, September 11 with Don Williams founding members of the Los Angeles saluting these ministers was to: A final celebration of reflection on the Bible College and fully supported it for • Honor and show appreciation for past work of the church. many years. their many years of sacrificial work. In addition to Bowers, the special • Solicit support for the Los Angeles November 6-9 with Danny Boggs One of Kennett’s very own returns to start honorees were: Bible College, which began in 1971 and the church on the next 100 years. For more information: 573-888-5974 • Carl C. Baccus, minister of the is designed to train Christian workers www.slicerstreetchurchofchrist.org Southside Church of Christ. for greater service. • O.J. Dyson, minister of the Santa • Encourage congregations Monica Church of Christ. throughout the nation to show special • Billy Curl, minister of the appreciation to ministers who have Crenshaw Church of Christ. served many years. MARCH 2011 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE 7

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The ACU School of Social Work invites applications for a tenure-track position as assistant/associate professor of social 100786-1210 8 the Christian chronicle MARCH 2011 BRAZIL spotlight Brasilia — More than 40 members of the Brasilia Church of Christ and 23 U.S. Christians participated in a three- day workshop. The group reviewed A ‘gadgeteer’ progress and made plans for growth, said Bryan Gibbs of Continent of Great Cities. The Texas-based ministry and of the Gospel four U.S. churches support the work in Brasilia, Brazil’s capital. SINGAPORE — Whether you want reflec- “The consensus ... was that the congre- tions on the book of Isaiah or reviews gation, the evangelists and the church of the latest apps for your iPad, Henry leadership matured during 2010,” Gibbs Kong is your man. said. “Numerical growth was slow yet For 45 years Kong has served as foundations were laid for future gains.” minister for the Pasir Panjang Church of Christ, the largest congregation in GHANA Singapore. The city-state in Southeast SWEDRU — Ministers in Ghana’s Central Asia is a hub for technophiles, with Region conducted gospel campaigns four-level malls filled in several villages suffering from the with stores selling the effects of recent flooding, said evange- latest digital cameras list Christopher Arthur. and state-of-the-art “Some (people) are still sleeping in phones. open spaces and town halls,” Arthur The minister, a self- said. “They lost farms and household confessed “gadgeteer,” items, including clothes.” maintained a website Despite the conditions, many of the dedicated to “the three Kong Ghanaians decided to become Christians, C’s — Computers, Arthur said. Church members will invite Church and Cuisine.” His thoughts on them to a special fellowship in Swedru to Christian discipleship, the best place distribute aid, he added. to get fried rice and mobile phones are online at ppcoc.org/henry. INDIA Last year, he moved his operation ONGOLE — Church members Rama and to Facebook, launching the group Udaya Chintapalli were surprised when “Henry’s Occasional Technology Stuff.” the ministry they oversee — Welfare of James Strother (Search for it on Facebook.com to join Innocent Neglected Guarding Society, the group.) or WINGS — received the “Best Africa clinic is off the grid — and off the map Recent posts include his 10 favorite Service Organization” award from the A Muslim mother and child visit the Fisherfolks Dispensary in the village of Kigombe, Tanzania. iPad apps and reviews of the Xbox local film industry in their state, Andhra The church-supported clinic serves predominantly Muslim villages in this East African nation. Kinect video game system. Pradesh. The award ceremony aired on Since opening in September 2010, the clinic has treated 2,715 patients, said Tom Carr, executive Occasionally, his passions cross a local TV station. Several government director of Searcy, Ark.-based International Health Care Foundation, which oversees the work. paths. He reviews the latest Bible officials attended. “One unique thing about this clinic is that it was built without access to the power grid,” Carr software — including programs that Rama Chintapalli “addressed the live said. The clinic uses solar panels to power its lights, fans, small medical equipment and the staff display maps from Bible times and crowd of about 4,000 and the televi- workers’ homes. “Most clinics off the grid would rely entirely on generated power from petrol or applications that can access Scriptures sion audience, telling them of the love diesel units,” Carr said. The foundation seeks partners to provide volunteer medical personnel from the New International Version and of Jesus Christ, which motivates all the and finances. For more information, see www.ihcf.net. King James Version simultaneously. service they do for others,” said Denise Dickinson, a member of the Grace Chapel Church of Christ in Cumming, “Smiles” — gift boxes of toys, clothes nation of West Africa, north of Nigeria, Ga., who supports the work. and personal care items — were distrib- home to 15.8 million souls. The WINGS ministry includes a chil- uted to more than 90 congregations and Harouna Kanguey trained for three dren’s home, relief work and a ministry 24 schools, Baker said. years and graduated at the top of his training school. For more information, The Highway Church of Christ class from the French African Christian see www.hiswitnesses.com. in Judsonia, Ark., and the Westgate Education ministry training school in Church of Christ in Dothan, Ala., Benin. NICARAGUA served as shipping points for the gifts. After graduation, Kanguey moved MANAGUA — In the past year, workers to Tera, Niger, and works with a small PHOTO PROVIDED with Mision Para Cristo shipped 7,050 NIGER group of believers. Rama and Udaya Chintapalli receive the “Smiles” in the Central American Tera — African ministers are making “We are doing the work of the Lord ‘Best Service Organization’ award. nation, said director Benny Baker. The inroads in this predominantly Muslim by the grace of God,” Kanguey said. MARCH 2011 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE 9

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PHOTO PROVIDED BY Steve Raine Bible students show their zeal in New Zealand Diplomas in hand, brother and sister Kendall and Asia Plant celebrate the completion of a two- year course at South Pacific Bible College in Tauranga, New Zealand. The Plants and four other students recently graduated from the school, associated with Churches of Christ. “I spent two years in intensive study,” Asia Plant said. “One of the reasons I came to Bible college was because I felt really ignorant about talking to people about faith. ... Even though I knew what I was saying was true, I didn’t have the knowledge to back it up. “Since then, I have learned that it is not always about having the right words to say. But studying the Bible for two years has given me so much more confidence in engaging in spiritual conversations, which is so significant because as Christians, that’s kind of what it’s all about.” Cambodian minister, educator hit by drunk driver and dies BY ERIK TRYGGESTAD | THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE

Tawn Lork, Cambodian minister and educator, died Dec. 26 from wounds he suffered when a drunk driver struck his motorcycle days earlier. Lork, 33, was dean of students for Cambodia Bible Institute, a ministry training school in Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh, affiliated with Lubbock, randrdolan.blogspot.com Texas-based Sunset International Bible Tawn Lork and his wife, Navy. Institute. “He was a devout Bible student as well warriors of the faith,” Singleton said of as effective preacher and teacher,” said Lork, “and I will always love him for Rich Dolan, the Cambodia institute’s that.” director. “God blessed him with a great After the wreck, Lork underwent personality, capable of reaching many surgery in Phnom Penh but showed no with his kind words, smile, encourage- signs of improvement. The Dolans were ment and belief in God.” making plans to transport him to a Lork served as translator for Dolan hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, when and his wife, Ronda, who moved to “his heart gave out,” Rich Dolan said. Phnom Penh in 2007. “I know that he walks with the King,” Lork also worked with Bill Singleton, a Rich Dolan said. “But please remember church member who helps Cambodian all of us who are left here with broken Christians in church-planting efforts. hearts — especially his sweet wife, Navy, “He is one of the greatest Cambodian and all our students.” MARCH 2011 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE 11 Freed-Hardeman University Faculty and Staff Positions Available 2011-12 School Year reed-Hardeman University, a private, liberal arts Christian anatomy and physiology lecture and lab, upper-division courses in the applicant’s Funiversity offering undergraduate and graduate programs, is area of expertise, lower-division courses to both majors and non-majors, and inviting applicants for faculty positions identified below. directing undergraduate research projects. A doctorate is preferred.

The Department of Health and Human Performance invites applications for The Department of Fine Arts invites applicants for a tenure-track position a tenure-track position in Physical Education. The applicant selected will teach in Theatre Design and Technology. Teaching responsibilities include undergraduate theoretical and physical activity courses. A doctorate is preferred. scenic, costume and lighting design, technical theatre, scenic painting, shop K-12 teaching experience is highly desired. management, etc. The successful candidate will design scenery and lighting for one FHU Theatre production per semester. An MFA in scenic design is preferred. The Department of Communication and Literature invites applications for Candidates with other theatre design-related degrees will be considered. a tenure-track position teaching Spanish courses. The successful candidate will participate in the development of a Spanish program of study at the The Department of Fine Arts invites applicants for a full-time staff Technical undergraduate level. A doctorate in Spanish is preferred. Director position. Work responsibilities include oversight of FHU Theatre scene shop, construction of scenery for theatre productions, providing lighting and The Department of History, Philosophy and Political Studies invites sound support for theatre productions, oversight of Loyd Auditorium, sound applications for a tenure-track position in History. The primary teaching support for campus activities, etc. A B.A. in theatre with a strong background in responsibilities will be to teach undergraduate courses. A doctorate is preferred. technical theatre is preferred.

The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Freed-Hardeman University invites applications for a tenure-track position in Mathematics. Employment is to begin August 2011. Teaching responsibilities may include courses designed to prepare students Rank and Salary: Academic rank is dependent upon academic qualifications for careers in mathematics, mathematics education or to fulfill liberal arts and experience. The salary is commensurate with highest degree earned. Benefits requirements for non-majors. A doctorate is preferred. package is included with the position. The Department of Nursing invites applications for the Director of Nursing All candidates should submit a letter of application with teaching philosophy, position. The Director of Nursing serves as the chief nurse administrator for curriculum vitae, transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work, and names an approved Bachelor of Science Nursing (BSN) program at Freed-Hardeman and addresses of three references to: Dr. Sam Jones, Vice President for Academics University. This position is responsible for leading and managing the nursing and Enrollment Management, Freed-Hardeman University, 158 East Main Street, department and nursing education unit according to the policies and procedures Henderson, TN 38340, [email protected], (731) 989-6004. of the School of Sciences and Mathematics and the University. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, assessing program quality and effectiveness, achieving program accreditation, hiring and training faculty, implementing departmental plan for student recruitment, scheduling classes, preparing and managing the budget, and mentoring, monitoring and evaluating performance of faculty and staff. Ph.D. or other equivalent doctoral degree in nursing or a related science with 5 years of college level teaching experience or equivalent combination of education and clinical experience is preferred. R.N. is required with Tennessee Board of Nursing certification or eligibility for certification.

The Department of Fine Arts invites applications for an adjunct faculty position to teach upper-level music courses online. A doctorate in Music is required.

The Department of Biology invites applications for a tenure-track position in Biology. Applicants should have a strong interest in teaching and directing Freed-Hardeman University undergraduate research. Primary responsibilities include teaching human is an equal opportunity employer. 12 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE FROM THE FRONT MARCH 2011 MARCH 2011 FROM THE FRONT the christian chronicle 13 ARIZONA: Church mourns member killed in shooting

PETE SOUZA, WHITE HOUSE PHOTO BOBBY ROSS JR. MISTI NOWAK BOBBY ROSS JR. President Barack Obama greets Mavy Stoddard and members of the Stoddard family follow- A shopper pauses and reflects at a makeshift memorial outside the Safeway supermarket in Family members of Dorwan Stoddard are introduced during the Mountain Avenue Church of Christ member’s memorial service in Tucson, Mountain Avenue Church of Christ members ing a memorial service at the University of Arizona’s McKale Memorial Center in Tucson, Ariz. Tucson, Ariz., where 19 people were shot Jan. 8. The store reopened a week later. Ariz. The service was moved to Calvary Chapel East, a church attended by two of Mavy Stoddard’s daughters, to accommodate the crowd. greet each other on a recent Sunday.

FROM PAGE 1 demonstration of Ephesians 5:25, the body. Hang onto your loved ones. Keep “He said, ‘Sure, I do.’ That was the Lonnie and Kat Joplin were longtime said. “But it has been a nightmare. I The beloved-but-accident-prone main- “Dory had a spirit of an 18-year-old University of Arizona basketball arena congressman said. That verse reads: kissing them and hugging them, because last conversation we had.” drug addicts when they came to the can’t believe this has happened.” tenance man was working on a projec- but a heart of a 90-year-old. He had 18 Jan. 12, the president paid tribute to “Husbands, love your wives, just as tomorrow they may not be there.” Stoddard’s survivors include four sons, church about four years ago. However, the tragedy has not tried tion screen when the ladder slipped. stents in his heart and popped nitro- Dorwan Stoddard and the other victims. Christ loved the church and gave him- The service was moved to Calvary four stepdaughters, 21 grandchildren, “We were penniless, hungry, hadn’t her faith, she said. “It slid down the wall with him riding glycerin like breath mints,” Nowak “Dorwan and Mavy Stoddard grew up self up for her.” Chapel East, a Tucson church attended 20 great-grandchildren — and a church eaten for two days,” Kat Joplin said. “You know, people have been worried it down,” Nowak said with a chuckle. said. “We always believed that it would in Tucson together about 70 years ago,” Mavy Stoddard is recovering from by two of Mavy Stoddard’s daughters, to family that considered him and his wife “We literally had nowhere else to turn.” about that, and that kind of baffles me,” The minister described Stoddard as be his bad heart that would bring him Obama said. “They moved apart and gunshot wounds to her legs. accommodate the hundreds of mourners. “the lifeblood” of the congregation, youth The Stoddards fed them and found she said. the kind of guy who sprayed WD-40 down some day. started their own respective families. Despite losing her husband, she main- Mavy Stoddard told the crowd that ministry leader Jessica Knapp said. them a place to stay. “For one thing, that would be such a on his elbow or shoulder because he “When I rushed to the hospital to see But after they both were widowed, they tains her spunk and spiritual strength. Dorwan Stoddard — her childhood “This is going to be a huge hole in Dorwan and Mavy studied the Bible dishonor to what they have done for us. believed it relieved the stiffness from Mavy after the shootings, with tears in found their way back here to — as one “I will survive,” the 75-year-old griev- sweetheart whom she married 15 years our congregation,” Knapp said. with the younger couple, helped them But secondly, we appreciate so much and countless hours spent repairing the our eyes, she whispered to me, ‘Dory of Mavy’s daughters put it — be boy- ing widow said, seated in a wheelchair ago — made her a better, kinder person. “They were our beat their meth addiction know the difference between the life that church roof. doesn’t have to worry about another friend and girlfriend again. as she took the microphone at her hus- “He loved God, and he loved me, and benevolence committee,” and even arranged a we have now and the life that we had.” Last year, while working on a chil- stent.’” “When they weren’t on the road in band’s memorial service Jan. 16, eight he spoiled me rotten,” she said. she said. “They did the wedding: Lonnie and Kat dren’s training area at the back of the After Stoddard fell through the ceiling, their motor home, you could find them days after his death. “We will not let “Oh, it was fun,” she added. “And the job fantastically. Instead had lived together for 15 STODDARD’S STENTS AND STUNTS auditorium, Stoddard fell through the the church named the children’s train- just up the road helping folks in need that gunman take our hopes.” journey will be very, very difficult. But he of just writing checks, years but never tied the As the Mountain Avenue church ceiling. Rather than go to the emer- ing area “Dory’s Room” in his honor. at the Mountain Avenue Church of As the applause drowned out her died for me, and I have to live for him.” they would go meet knot. assembled on a recent Sunday, Dorwan gency room, he used paper towels and “I kind of nudged him and said, Christ,” the president said. “A retired words, she said: “So hang in there, every- with people and find out “We knew that these Stoddard’s legacy seemed impossible electric tape to stop the bleeding. ‘So they named the room after you?’” construction worker, Dorwan spent his ‘THE LIFEBLOOD’ OF THE CONGREGATION what was going on in were our angels sent to miss. church member Teresa Nystrom from God,” Kat Joplin In an adult class, members openly recalled. “And he said, ‘Yeah, that falling spare time fixing up the church along Dorwan Stoddard — “Dory” to friends Knapp their lives and what their Joplin with his dog, Tux.” — knew that eternal life was his. needs were.” said. “I can’t even begin discussed their grief as they sought through the roof thing was just a stunt.’” At the U.S. Capitol, Rep. Brett Three days before his death, he In the couple’s benevolence work, to explain just the feeling comfort in the Scriptures. Members said they were not sur- Guthrie, R-Kentucky, offered his studied the Bible with Ed Biggers, his Mavy was the stern one who made sure of acceptance and love from them.” “I sit there and cry,” one older man prised at all that Stoddard put his wife’s prayers for his wounded colleague friend and brother in Christ. During that no one took advantage of the church, When the Stoddards traveled, they said. “I mean, I cried all week.” life above his own. Giffords and praised the Christian ser- Wednesday night Bible study, Stoddard Mountain Avenue members said. trusted the Joplins — now active mem- “I’m usually able to separate my per- But his bravery on that final day did vice of his “brother Dorwan.” talked about fixing up his motor home. Dorwan was the soft touch ready to bers of the Mountain Avenue church sonal and my professional life,” said a not make him a hero, Nowak stressed “He loved the Bible,” Guthrie, a He and Mavy wanted to take it to the give away the property deed. — to watch their house. middle-aged military translator who has in his eulogy. member of the Lehman Avenue Church Pepperdine University Bible Lectures in “They saw to the needs of the sick, That’s why some of the Joplins’ served in Afghanistan. “This affected Rather, the way that Stoddard lived of Christ in Bowling Green, Ky., told Malibu, Calif., in May, Biggers said. hurting, hungry and destitute,” said mail still occasionally comes to the me at home.” did, the minister said. fellow House members. “He loved the “We were studying 1 John,” said Nowak, the minister. “They met and Stoddards’ place, and why Dorwan Inside the auditorium, still-fresh scuff “Dory Stoddard didn’t die a hero, Scriptures in (their) simplest form and Biggers, a Mountain Avenue church talked with individuals in restaurants, called the couple before going to see marks down a wall identify the exact he lived a hero,” said Nowak, who just wanted to internalize them and live JENNIFER GLIDDEN elder. “As we ended our discussion, I grocery stores and banks to see how Giffords that Saturday morning. spot where Stoddard climbed atop a TERESA NYSTROM described Stoddard as his best friend. them, which is evidenced in his life.” Joan Biggers, left, greets the Stoddards at a read 1 John 5:13 and asked, ‘Do you they could share a little benevolent “I’m so glad that both of us got to 20-foot ladder a few weeks before the A memorial sign remembers of the victims “He completed his heroic act of kind- Stoddard’s last act served as a living church event several years ago. know that you have eternal life?’ Jesus with someone.” speak to him that morning,” Kat Joplin shooting. of the mass shooting in Tucson, Ariz. ness one final time with his wife, Mavy.” 14 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE FROM THE SECOND FRONT MARCH 2011 BIBLE READING: Blessings of time spent in God’s Word emphasized FROM PAGE 3 done,” Shelbourne said. “It may and The Christian Chronicle’s wanted him to die on the cross take me two or three years, but website. for our sins. So that’s what I will keep a marker in my Bible “I predict great service in Jesus did. He took all of our as I go along. I still teach and the Lord’s kingdom from this sins … so that we wouldn’t study outside of this effort, but young man and pray for him a have to die for them. And then, this way, if I live long enough, at long life of continued spiritual to show his power over death, least I can say I did it!” growth,” said Allison, the visi- God raised his son back up tor from Memphis. from the grave.” ‘GETTING TO KNOW GOD BETTER’ Jason Burton said his son’s Through the Pleasant Valley Back at the Pleasant Valley love for the Lord inspires him church’s Project 4:4 — based church, 9-year-old Davis to be a better father and ser- on Matthew 4:4 and Luke 4:4 encouraged the church to vant in God’s kingdom. — roughly 20 percent of mem- think of the Bible as a movie. Along with Davis, the bers read the entire Bible last “You wouldn’t rent a movie Burtons have a 5-year-old year, missions minister Roger and go to scene selection and daughter, Hannah, who read Pritchett said. “All of our adult say that, ‘This part looks inter- from a children’s Bible. Bible classes studied the previ- esting; I’ll start here,’” he said. “It’s a very proud moment ous week’s readings,” Pritchett “Because then you don’t know for us,” Amy Burton said of said. “Many of the children’s who the characters are, what her son’s presentation, “but it’s classes followed the same gen- they’re doing and where they very humbling to watch him eral theme of the reading.” are. So just like you have to stand there with such confi- Davis’ parents read through watch the whole movie to get dence, just being able to tell F. LaGard Smith’s “The Daily the whole picture, you have to what God has ready for him to Bible,” while Davis used Karyn read through the whole Bible share with everybody.” Henley’s “Day by Day Kid’s to see what God’s saying.” Davis said he enjoyed read- Bible.” In his free time, Davis plays ing the Bible daily and read As 2011 began, many PHOTO PROVIDED BY BURTON FAMILY youth soccer. He’s learning ahead if he had a busy day Churches of Christ across the Jason and Amy Burton with their son, Davis, 9, and daughter, Hannah, 5. lines and preparing solos as coming. nation urged members to make Winthrop Paroo in Central “It’s a good way to get to a renewed commitment to uses a chronological plan to exercise that helps me to bet- Arkansas Christian Schools’ know God better and to know spending time in God’s Word read the Bible, and members ter teach and preach God’s production of “The Music his characteristics and to really each and every day. keep daily journals. Word and to offer studied Man.” get into what he’s trying to In Houston, Michael “It is great doing a group responses when asked Besides reading, he loves tell us,” he told the Chronicle. Whitworth, pulpit minister of the read and having everyone about various translations,” building with Legos, his “That’s what I enjoyed about it: Jersey Village Church of Christ, on the same page,” said Lisa Dominguez said. mother said. getting to know God better.” decided to read the entire Bible Brewer, a Wilkesboro member “Lord willing, we’ll keep A video of his presentation aloud — from Genesis through whose husband, ‘reading through’ each year on Bible reading has drawn SEE THE VIDEO and share insights on daily Revelation — in one sitting Greg, serves until the Lord calls us home.” thousands of hits on YouTube Bible reading at www.christianchronicle.org. streamed live on the Internet. as a deacon. In Oklahoma, the Edmond The “Eat This Book!” mara- “Every time I Church of Christ has dubbed thon kicked off the congrega- read through a its 2011 daily Bible reading tion’s 2011 daily Bible reading verse or a chap- emphasis “Counting Verses, initiative. Volunteers provided ter or a book, I Changing Lives.” coffee, food and emotional learn something “We’re hoping for 6 million support and filled in to give new … but this Bible verses to be read this year Brewer Whitworth short breaks. particular pace by those of all ages,” senior “I ended up needing a little seems to be having increased minister Don Vinzant said. help so that I could sleep for an benefits and blessings.” Pat Shelbourne, a member hour or so, but I completed the For nine years, the Fourth of the College Hill Church of marathon in 75 hours and 37 and Bois D’Arc Church of Christ in North Richland Hills, minutes,” Whitworth said. Christ in Pecos, Texas, has Texas, said he has determined “The Lord greatly blessed our promoted daily Bible study and many times to read the Bible in efforts,” he added. “One lady offered a variety of reading one year. who was inspired to read her plans. Usually, though, he falls so Bible as a result of the mara- The Pecos church’s minister, far behind that he can’t catch thon has just been baptized.” Fred Dominguez, said he has up, so he simply quits, he said. completed a different English But this year he’s trying a ‘EVERYONE ON THE SAME PAGE’ translation each of the last different approach. PHOTO PROVIDED BY MICHAEL WHITWORTH In North Carolina, the three years. “I will read as much as I can In a television news image, Houston minister Michael Whitworth is shown Wilkesboro Church of Christ “It has been a wonderful and keep reading until I get it all reading the Bible during the “Eat This Book!” 75-hour marathon. MARCH 2011 FROM THE SECOND FRONT the christian chronicle 15 YOUTH MINISTRY: Conference focuses on a generational approach FROM PAGE 3 It’s obvious the old model “For me, the tremendous Christ in Sugar Land, Texas. hasn’t worked as many young roadblock is that we’ve spent The attitude has been this, people — children of seemingly 30, 40 years defining youth he said: “We’ll teach them. terrific parents — keep leaving ministry as we do it (now),” We’ll provide activities. We’ll the faith, Little said. Justice said. “And so, most of help them discover their spiri- “I think the realities and the my parents ... they trust spiri- tual gifts. ... Then when they’ve statistics are causing us to tual development to me. graduated, we’ll give them rethink the model,” he said. “I think that’s fraught with a back.” As youth activities coordina- lot of holes,” he added. “Even But Fridge said, “If parents tor for the Mayfair Church of if I do a great job, what I have don’t feel like a critical part of Christ in Huntsville, Ala., Jenna noticed is, if students don’t see their child’s spiritual life, then Lupo leads regular Bible stud- it at home, they don’t care. we’ve missed a point.” ies with high school girls. “They either judge it as Unwittingly, youth ministry Lupo also helps organize mis- false, not for their life, or just seems to have communicated sion projects such as reaching something the youth guy does, the notion that parents can out- out to the homeless. not for real life. So I think it’s a source the faith development “We see all huge deal.” of their children, said Johnny these teenag- Markham, youth minister of ers leaving the PUTTING THE CONCEPT INTO PRACTICE the College Hills Church of church when When David Rubio started Christ in Lebanon, Tenn., since they’re finished in youth ministry 15 years 1990. with youth ago, volunteers typically were “We must point postmod- ministry,” Lupo 20-somethings, ern moms and dads back to said. “My goal is college stu- the ancient truths found in to be somebody dents, young Lupo Deuteronomy 6, where God that can help married couples clearly lays the responsibility be a voice that pushes truth and other “cool of nurturing and shaping the deeper into them.” people.” faith of children at the feet of The Mayfair church’s youth A mission trip their parents,” said Markham, a ministry is working harder to might involve 26-year youth ministry veteran. involve families, she said. 20 students Rubio Tim Hall, NCYM 2011 To reflect that emphasis, the and three president, referred to the same congregation even changed the adult sponsors, said Rubio, biblical text. titles of youth ministers Aubrey youth minister of the Otter “This isn’t a new concept but Wood and Cody King to “youth Creek Church of Christ in is simply rematerializing,” said and family ministers.” BOBBY ROSS JR. Brentwood, Tenn. Hall, director of student min- “Bringing the family in, that Josh Stephens, dean of students at Lubbock Christian University in Texas, Now, Rubio said, he might istries for the Overland Park ultimately makes the teenagers prays at the National Conference on Youth Ministries in Colorado. invite teens’ parents not just Church of Christ in Kansas. more healthy, and that’s going to cook at a youth event but “This mandate from God has to be better for them in the long MINISTRY IN THE DIGITAL AGE online and offline.” also to lead small-group Bible been around a long time.” run, better for the kingdom,” Charlie Sells said he grew up Jon Justice, youth minister studies. He might enlist 10 Lupo said. in youth ministries where just of the Warrenton Church of parents to join 12 students on a LONE RANGER NEED NOT APPLY At the Southwest Church a few parents were involved. Christ in Virginia for 12 years, mission trip. With the beautiful Rocky of Christ in Changing that paradigm echoed Sells’ “Nowadays, I don’t think it’s Mountains as a backdrop, youth Jonesboro, Ark., presents a challenge, said concern. so outlandish to think I might ministers came to NCYM to parents serve Sells, youth minister of the “The students have parents not just driving network, praise God and receive alongside their Argyle Church of Christ in that I have now the bus but also sitting on the professional-level training. teens in service Jacksonville, Fla. are so digitally bus mentoring students on the Rich Little, preaching minis- projects — be But Sells said, “It’s even connected that three-and-a-half hour drive to ter of the University Church of it sorting cans more important to have par- to sit and have Gatlinburg,” he said, referring Christ in Malibu, Calif., had a at a food bank ents active in their kids’ life a face-to-face to the youth group’s annual different goal: find a new youth or sprucing up now than ever before. One of with them is trip to Winterfest. Jackson Justice minister. a school, youth the big things that I’m tackling like sitting on “We’ve heard for years that “We’re looking for someone minister Abbey Jackson said. right now is social media with nails,” Justice said. “They the most influential people in who can help empower our “I mean, like every week, we my kids. would much rather talk to me our students’ lives are their families to claim their parental have over 40 to 50 adults invest- “They’re always hooked in through a screen.” mother and their father,” Rubio responsibility to be the spiri- ing in our teens’ lives,” Jackson to Facebook or Twitter or on He said he’d love to move to said. “But it’s one thing to say tual nurturers of their kids,” said. “So we try to do a lot of their cell phone. And some of a more family-based approach ‘I know it,’ and it’s another Little said. “So we’re not look- stuff with family, but obviously, them do have a problem with to ministry. thing to actually minister with ing for a lone ranger.” we have huge room to grow.” not being the same person His concern? that in mind.” 16 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE MARCH 2011

FACULTY OPPORTUNITIES

Lipscomb University has more than 3,400 students and was selected as one of only 16 “top up-and-coming” master’s universities, according to the U.S. News and World Report’s “2010 America’s Best Colleges” guidebook. Lipscomb is located in Nashville, Tennessee, the nation’s 27th largest city and ranked as one of the five friendliest cities in America. Lipscomb University is seeking qualified applicants for the following administrative openings. Dean of Engineering Lipscomb University seeks a highly qualified individual to serve as Dean of the Raymond B. Jones College of Engineering. is individual will provide the academic and programmatic leadership for programs in civil engineering, electrical and computer engineering, mechanical engineering, computer sciences, and information technology. e Dean will also serve as faculty member and is expected to set a standard for teaching excellence in the College. e Dean of Engineering reports directly to the Provost of the University. Qualifications: Earned doctorate degree in engineering or computer science. Excellent leadership, teaching, and administrative skills. A belief in and commitment to the spiritual and educational mission of Lipscomb University. e ability to work well with faculty, staff, and students. Experience in engineering or computer science education is required; experience that includes administration of academic programs is preferred. Active member of the Churches of Christ. Responsibilities: Full spectrum leadership of the Raymond B. Jones College of Engineering to include student recruitment; curriculum design; assessment; accreditation; facility planning; fund raising. Recruit and continually develop faculty members who will be superb teachers. Manage the College’s financial, personnel and physical resources. Build strong relationships with the engineering and computer science professions. Provide opportunities for College of Engineering students, faculty, and staff to serve their profession, their community, and the church. Teach effectively in one of the College’s academic programs. Represent the College on the Academic Leadership Team of Lipscomb University. Application Process: Candidates should submit a letter of application including qualifications, relevant experience, and a statement explaining how the candidate plans to integrate her/his Christian faith into the teaching and leadership responsibilities of this position. Candidates should also submit a curriculum vitae, official transcripts, names, addresses (including e-mail addresses) and phone numbers of three references. e Raymond B. Jones College of Engineering is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community. Mail these materials to Dr. Craig Bledsoe; Provost, Lipscomb University; One University Park Drive; Nashville, TN 37204-3951. Faculty Position and Department Chair Civil and Environmental Engineering Lipscomb University seeks two highly qualified individuals to serve as tenure-track faculty members in the new Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the Raymond B. Jones College of Engineering. One faculty position to be filled includes the opportunity and responsibility to serve as Department Chair for the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. is position will require an individual prepared to provide the academic and programmatic leadership for civil engineering in addition to teaching. e individual who fills the second position will have full-time teaching re- sponsibilities. Candidates from all sub-disciplines of civil engineering are invited to apply. However, candidates with expertise in environmental engineering and structural engineering are preferred. Candidates eligible for an appointment at all faculty ranks up to and including Professor are invited to apply. Department Chair Qualifications: A Masters degree in engineering is required, and an earned doctorate in engineering is preferred. Candidates with either (1) a degree in civil or environmental engineering or (2) a degree in a related engineering discipline and extensive experience in civil or environmental engineering are invited to apply. Candidates for this leadership position should have excellent leadership, teaching, and administrative skills and the Family Life Minister Needed ability to work well with faculty, staff, and students. Candidates should also have a belief in and commitment to the primary mission of Lipscomb Uni- versity: the integration of Christian faith and practice with academic excellence. Candidates must be an active member of the Churches of Christ. Department Chair Responsibilities: Leadership of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering to include student recruitment; curriculum design; assessment; accreditation; facility planning; fund raising; recruiting and continual development of faculty members who will be superb teachers; management of The Hollywood Church of Christ in financial, personnel and physical resources; building strong relationships with the civil engineering profession; and providing opportunities for students, faculty, and staff from the department to serve their profession, their community, and the church. e Chair will also serve as faculty member and is expected to set a Los Angeles, Calif., is seeking a full-time standard for teaching excellence in the department. Faculty Qualifications: A Masters degree in engineering is required, and an earned doctorate in engineering is preferred. 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PHOTOs BY ERIK TRYGGESTAD A Haitian Christian listens in Bible class at the Delmas 28 Church of Christ in Port-au-Prince. To the left, two church members get water from a well next to the podium to fill the baptistery. Haiti: Faith in the land of Job ONE YEAR AFTER a devastating earthquake, Haitians still suffer, but ‘we still give God glory because he’s God,’ minister says.

BY ERIK TRYGGESTAD | THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE Church of Christ in Decatur, Ala., is Haiti streets, protesting the results of a hotly violence. Here, Dieugrand Jean takes coordinator for the church-supported contested presidential election. care of 27 children, including five of his PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti relief ministry, based in Nashville, Tenn. “There was a point own, oversees a Christian school of 78 earing witness to wave after wave Haitians are no strangers to suffering. when I said, ‘God, I don’t students and ministers for a church of of suffering in this Caribbean cap- The nation of 10 million souls is the get it,’” says Debbie about 60 Christians. ital makes Harry Hames feel like poorest in the Western Hemisphere, Vanderbeek, who has Jean, whose first name means “big he’s living in the Old Testament. marred by years of political violence. worked with missions God,” greets Hames and Vanderbeek B“I didn’t lose seven sons and three Then came “la tranble” — “the shak- in Haiti for more than with hugs and smiles, dodging a pile of daughters like Job did,” Hames says, ing” as it’s called in Creole. The Jan. 12, 20 years. “To see people wet concrete. Brick masons and carpen- “but some people here did. 2010, earthquake claimed 230,000 lives suffer like this, you suf- ters are hard at work rebuilding the secu- “They’ve lost a lot.” and made millions homeless. fer in your soul.” rity walls, which toppled in the quake. Jean On a sunny and steamy Saturday morn- Ten months later, Hurricane Tomas Vanderbeek, who All of the children survived. ing, Hames rides over the broken streets sideswiped the island, flooding much recently joined the ministry Mission God is indeed big, Jean says. In of Port-au-Prince to visit a Christian of the city. Outbreaks of cholera hit Lazarus, steers a battered sport util- spite of the hardships his country has school and orphanage that receives aid impoverished communities such as Cité ity vehicle through the streets of Cité endured in the past year, “we still give from Healing Hands International. Soleil particularly hard. More deaths Soleil, a shanty town in Port-au-Prince God glory because he’s God,” he says Hames, a deacon of the Beltline followed as angry Haitians took to the with a reputation for poverty and CONTINUED 18 MARCH 2011 CURRENTS THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE 19

Harry Hames, Haiti coordinator for Healing Hands International, performs a magic trick for Debbie Vanderbeek talks to a child at the Le One year after the earthquake, thousands of Haitians remain in tent communities erected children in one of the hundreds of tent cities in Port-au-Prince. Phare (Lighthouse) ministry in Cité Soleil. on private land outside Port-au-Prince.

cities and fill the streets. In dresses, Hames tells them how Haiti’s pressed shirts, ties and jackets they suffering reminds him of the story of squeeze into overcrowded “tap-tap” Job, who endured tragedy after tragedy Haiti: One year later taxis and head for church. without an answer from God. More than 400 Haitians line the “Why? Why the earthquake? Why CONTINUED Hands’ logo drives past the tents, into producing. They remove their hard hats Workers representing Healing Hands International unload tubing at the site of a new water well in a community near Port-au-Prince. wooden pews at the Delmas 28 Church the hurricane? Why the flood? Why the as Vanderbeek translates. the mountains. It once bore the phrase and pray before starting the roaring of Christ — one of the oldest and largest cholera? Why the demonstrations?” Then, surrounded by a symphony of “DRILL, BABY, DRILL.” The ministry rotary drill. About four hours later, water hood children two hot meals per day, from “a country under destruction to a weeks of every month in Haiti since the congregations in Port-au-Prince. A Hames asks as Elmera translates his saws and hammers, the minister sings. replaced “BABY” with “L’Eglise du gushes from the hole as a group of wide- five days per week through its nutri- country under construction,” he says. quake, says he has seen positive and smiling church member, Maxius Gabriel, words into Creole. “God taught Job that “Lé Jézu mouri sou Kalvé, Lé Kris Christ” (“Church of Christ”). eyed Haitian children cheers. tion program. That’s 80 more children “The process of getting things done negative effects of money here. stands at the entrance, giving each it’s better to know God than just the mouri sé té pou mouin ... Konbiin Vanderbeek’s husband, Tim, works than a year ago, Edwards says. As the is extremely slow,” he says. As the “Find a specific work and stay very congregant a shot of hand sanitizer as answers. mouin doué, konbiin mouin doué.” with the Healing Hands team, drilling THE GOOD AND BAD OF U.S. SUPPORT children finish lunch, she takes a break Haitians rebuild, the Son Light ministry close in contact with that work,” he they enter — a defense against cholera. “Suffering can strengthen our faith or “When Jesus died on Calvary, when he wells to bring clean water to the villages In addition to digging in the front yard and brags on her kids. continues to distribute advises Christians who want to help. The earthquake reduced the church’s it can destroy it,” Hames suffered on the cross, it was for me. Do I around Port-au-Prince — and the ever- wells, Healing Hands Three young men who live at the home thousands of dollars He also encourages them to come to building to rubble and killed 36 nursing says. “We have to make even know how much I owe? Do I know growing tent cities. and a host of other launched a contracting business to build worth of food through Haiti and see the needs firsthand. students who were meeting here for the choice. I see by you how much I owe?” The earthquake didn’t just destroy church-supported the wooden houses. Churches of Christ Haitian churches. classes as it collapsed. Fifty-one of the being here that you’ve buildings, Tim Vanderbeek explains. ministries have provided in the area supply the names of the The aid has helped LIVING ‘CLOSE TO GOD’ church’s 650 members died in the quake, made the right choice.” TENTS AND WATER WELLS It also altered the flow of water under thousands of water filtra- families needing new homes. Demand thousands of Haitians, Despite the pitfalls, aid given by minister Jean T. Elmera said. Today, the After the sermon, When Jean lost his home, school and the island. Wells that once produced tion kits across Haiti. far outweighs supply. The Estes church but it also has created Churches of Christ in the wake of the church worships in a simple wooden seven people ask to be orphanage, neither the government nor hundreds of gallons per day have gone Ministries also have pays the young men for their labor. For “an air of greed,” disaster has helped Haitian Christians structure as rebuilding continues. baptized. the United Nations came to his assis- dry. A few dry wells have sprung to life. supplied funds, materials every four houses they build, the boys Waymire says. Twice, introduce the Gospel to lost souls, “Many of you have suffered a lot this As the service Edwards Belton Charles tance, he said. The Healing Hands team raises the and workers for the build a fifth one for free, Edwards says. groups of Haitians have Edwards says. The Santo Church of year,” Hames says as he addresses the concludes, and the But the church did. truck’s massive arm on a rural hillside — construction of simple, wooden houses “People are so, so happy to get out knocked down the gates of the chil- Christ, which meets on the Son Light congregation. Haitian Christians load back into the The minister said he understands why just a few feet from a well that’s no longer with concrete floors and metal roofs. of the tents — and out of the less-than- dren’s home, hoping to take whatever property, had more than 50 baptisms in “Amen!” the Haitian Christians shout. tap-taps for the ride home, one member, a lot of Haitians are frustrated at the lack “My boys can put one up in a day,” tents — and into a home that belongs to they found inside. the past year. Innocent Jean Charles, talks about his of progress one year after the quake. Roberta Edwards says proudly. them,” she said. “One woman told me, In addition, some U.S. visitors “come A few blocks from Son Light, Jean- hope for the future. “A whole lot of money has come into Edwards, a native of North Carolina, ‘I am now a person who is respected in down here with more of a mentality of Claubert Belton directs an orphanage “Maybe now God is going to send his the country,” he says, “but the people has lived in Haiti since 1995 and over- my neighborhood, and they will never savior instead of servant,” Edwards says, with 21 children. He also helps blessing — more than before,” he says. that are really the most in need ... don’t sees Son Light Children’s Home in the throw dirty water on me again.’” “What they’re pretty much creating is a distribute relief to 14 churches. Charles started attending the Delmas see any of that.” Port-au-Prince suburb of Santo. About Larry Waymire, a longtime welfare state ... killing God-reliance.” The congregation for which he minis- 28 church about three years ago and Miles away from Cité Soleil, on the 25 children live at the home. The Estes missionary in the Caribbean, led a A few teens have moved away ters, the Ganthier Church of Christ, was baptized here. Like many Haitians, hills outside of Port-au-Prince, hundreds Church of Christ in Henderson, Tenn., team of students from Freed-Hardeman from the children’s home after U.S. grew from 200 to about 300 members he considers the earthquake to be a of tents — some in United Nations blue supports the work. University in Henderson to Haiti to Christians agreed to become their spon- last year, Belton says. sign from the Almighty. and others bearing the flag of China — An exterior wall collapsed at the conduct a Vacation Bible School at the sors, Edwards says. She worries that “Some might come for the food, but “Because many people died, the fill the horizon. The camps have become home during the quake, killing a children’s home. they’re not getting proper supervision. the Gospel has the power to convince people who are alive need to live very miniature cities. Many have communal 15-year-old boy named Nicky. A year Waymire, a member of the Broad “I have seen several people turn away people,” he says. “Now that they have close to God,” he says. kitchens, toilets and tent stores selling later, the wall is rebuilt. Nicky’s grave is Street Church of Christ in Lexington, from God because somebody is taking come, they are seeking God.” phone cards and Coke. Christians pray during worship at the Delmas under a mango tree. Tenn., has made multiple trips to Haiti care of them now,” she says. Early on a Sunday morning in Port- Sitting in a rebuilt classroom of his school, See a list of churches and ministries collecting funds A massive truck bearing Healing 28 Church of Christ in Port-au-Prince. Today the home feeds 200 neighbor- in the past year and has seen it change Hames, who has spent at least three au-Prince, God seekers leave the tent Dieugrand Jean describes the earthquake. for Haiti relief at www.christianchronicle.org. 20 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE MARCH 2011

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Come home with us. Come home with us. MARCH 2011 the Christian chronicle 21 What are your experiences with race A conversation with relations in Churches of Christ? I was raised in the African-American church. I attended gospel meetings, lectureships, youth conferences and women’s ministry events with African- Tanya Smith Brice Americans. I had no idea that white Churches of Christ had parallel struc- tures. I did not really know a white RACIAL RECONCILIATION is a key focus of church member’s work. member of the Church of Christ, except maybe the one or two who would attend BY LYNN McMILLON | THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE The first step is to become aware of African-American congregations. our historical connections to each other, As I reflect on this, it is interesting that anya Smith Brice believes that God led particularly within the context of Amer- every other aspect of my life was rela- her to social work. “Social workers have ican history. We, African-American and tively integrated, but I accepted the notion the privilege of living out the charge white members of the Church of Christ, of segregated worship without question. T must become familiar with the way that My family and I moved to Abilene in given to care for the oppressed, as set forth African-American congregations were 2006 when I joined the faculty of ACU. in James 1:27,” she said. planted and why these congregations After a couple of years in Abilene, we Today she is living out her dreams as a were largely planted by white congrega- felt pulled to attend a congregation that professor of social work at Baylor University in tions or by African-American preachers happened to be white, where we eventu- Waco, Texas. She and her husband, Boston Brice financed by the leaders of white Matthew Minard, Baylor Marketing AND Communications ally placed membership. This was a very III, are active members of the Crestview Church congregations. Tanya Smith Brice at Baylor University. different experience for us. Our children of Christ in Waco. They have two children. Only after accepting these truths will flourished in the youth group, and we we be able to see the effects of this In other words, this fear of a loss of developed great, meaningful friendships A native of Greenville, S.C., Tanya Smith type of domestic missions work on our culture is not one-sided. with many of the members. And, after Brice has a rich heritage in Churches of contemporary congregations. Through With that being said, I don’t believe learning the songs, I found the worship Christ. Her grandfather, Albert Lemon Smith, this lens, we will be able to heal and that racial reconciliation means that service to be quite amazing. was a leader in African-American congrega- draw closer to each other through our African-Americans should “connect” tions throughout the Southeast and planted quest to draw nearer to Jesus. more with white churches. Reconcilia- How did you become interested in congregations in Georgia and South Carolina. Wouldn’t it be amazing if we could tion is a mutual effort. One aspect that I the topic of race relations within the have “truth and reconciliation” panels, truly admire about the Church of Christ Churches of Christ? She earned a doctorate in social work from in a similar fashion as was experienced membership is its desire to maintain Last spring, I participated in a three- the University of North Carolina. Prior to join- by South Africans directly after the fidelity to the Scriptures. week seminar at Calvin College in ing the Baylor faculty, she served on the facul- abolition of their apartheid? We could In 2 Corinthians 5, we are called to Grand Rapids, Mich., titled, “The Power ty of the University of South Carolina and was experience this truth together and be “regard no one from a worldly point of Race in American Religion” led by reconciled with each of view,” and if we are Michael Emerson of Rice University. director of the Master of Social Work program ‘While there may be cultural at Abilene Christian University in Texas. other and therefore truly in Christ, we are There I began exploring the history of reconciled to Christ. differences in the way African- to be new creatures. race relations in the Churches of Christ. In recent years, she has devoted much of her This does not deny our Fortunately, there’s a plethora of time to studying the history of race relations Is it true that African- American and white churches cultural differences but sermons, essays, magazines and in Churches of Christ, applying her expertise in American churches worship, those differences allows our differences journals by and for the members of social movements, administrative and policy often fear a loss really have nothing to do to enhance the entire the Churches of Christ. Unfortunately, issues and community organizing to the task. of their culture by body. many of these document our ever- “I believe that God is using these skill sets connecting too much with reconciliation.’ So the answer, present struggle with race relations. with white churches? I believe, is not to to enable me to see the larger issues in the I have heard this Tanya Smith Brice abandon our culture or What do you hope will come from Church of Christ,” she said. opinion from African- to assimilate the other your research on this topic? Americans and whites — and once but to view ourselves as a new culture I am preparing to collect oral histories African-American and white subscribed to it. While there may be reconciled to Christ, as is commanded of African-American and white leaders churches often seem to be almost cultural differences in the way African- in 2 Corinthians 5:20. This notion is in the Church of Christ as a first step to unaware of each other. How can we American and white churches worship, also supported in Galatians 3:26-29. tell our collective stories. I believe that develop more connections? those differences really have nothing to In Colossians 3, we are called to treat only after exposing our truths can we It is important that we become do with reconciliation. each other in a way that transcends the be reconciled. intentional about getting to know each I have read transcripts of sermons traditions of this world. We are to walk In addition, I want to share church other. Currently, we operate from a preached at various lectureships, differently. We need to forgive and edify members’ responses to various events place of fear and suspicion instead of particularly during the Jim Crow era of one another. throughout American history as from a place of love. We don’t really American apartheid, justifying segrega- There may be those who justify segre- context for our story. I am planning to know about each other, which is evident tion among the races. The major justi- gation from a place of fear. However, publish these stories, and I hope they in our segregated assemblies, lecture- fication was, for these white ministers, that justification is contrary to what and can move us further on this journey of ships, gospel meetings and literature. that white culture would be adulterated. how we are called to be. reconciliation. 22 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE MARCH 2011 HARDING UNIVERSITY SERVICEWhen Gary Washer began his studies at Heritage Christian University in 2007, he never dreamed where life was about to take him. The Tennessee native FACULT Y POSITION AVAIL ABLE FALL 2011 planned to complete his ministry studies on campus, but when his new bride’s job took them to Ma- All candidates must be active members of the church of Christ laysia, Gary never missed a beat. HCU’s online program allowed and committed to Christian education. him to continue his studies from the moment his boots ENGLISH DEPARTMENT. 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BY JIM MILLER | FOR THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE After unsuccessful brain Jordan Waldron wrote on The surgery at Brackenridge Christian Chronicle’s website. To 11-year-old Jacob Compton, Hospital in Austin, Duggan was “Even though I only knew him who has lived at the Cherokee taken off life support on Jan. 18 for a few short days while we Home for Children in Cherokee, and died three minutes later. were at Cherokee, I am deeply Texas, for about a year, Danny He served the children’s saddened by his passing.” Duggan was like a grandpa. home for 22 years as director Nettie Jean Randolph, who has “My favorite memory is going of development worked at the children’s home down a water slide with him at and executive for 34 years, said Duggan’s “big a back-to-school bash. We ran director. The heart” would be missed. PHOTO PROVIDED BY CHEROKEE HOME FOR CHILDREN and jumped and splashed in Cherokee Home “He knew every kid by name, The children and staff at the Cherokee Home for Children in Cherokee, the water,” Compton said. “He for Children has and he’d go the extra mile for Texas, are mourning Danny Duggan, who died Jan. 18. always cared for us. He was been associated them,” Randolph said. “He never there when we needed to talk with Churches of asked anyone to do something named acting executive director “It would be easy for us to to him.” Christ since its he wasn’t willing to do himself. after Duggan’s accident. He said walk away, but Danny would Duggan, the home’s execu- Duggan opening in 1958. He was a gentle person.” his present focus is to provide want us to keep on going tive director, died Jan. 18 after Students with Diana Ramos, 14, said all of the 30 children living on campus with our work,” she said. “He suffering head injuries during a Aggies for Christ spend a week the children loved him. with a sense of stability. always had a list of what he basketball game six days earlier. with the Cherokee children’s “The same day he had the “These kids have lived with wanted us to accomplish in the The 59-year-old director was home every winter, helping with accident I had a meeting with unstable home situations for next 10 years. He’d want us to playing basketball with students projects on campus and inter- him,” Ramos said. “The last much of their lives,” McGuire keep going.” from Texas A&M University’s acting with the children. thing he did was give me a hug said. “All of us at the home are Funeral services were Aggies for Christ when several “Danny was an inspiration and say, ‘We all love you.’ I’ll doing everything we can to conducted Jan. 22 at the San players collided, knocking to all of us with Aggies For always remember that.” show stability.” Saba Church of Christ. Duggan to the floor. The impact Christ. He was the epitome Delton McGuire, who previ- Randolph said that’s what Duggan is survived by his fractured Duggan’s skull. He of a servant of God and ously served as the home’s Duggan would want because he wife, Janiece, four married chil- never regained consciousness. of our Lord Jesus Christ,” director of development, was always put the children first. dren and six grandchildren. EEM’s Ukrainian coordinator Two missions events join forces in 2011 FORT WORTH, Texas — The Global University Tahkodah, a 1,350- Conference began in 2005 as suffers aneurism, dies at 37 Missions Conference, a gath- acre missions training camp a collaborative effort among DONETSK, Ukraine — Natasha ministry that provides Bibles ering of church members from near Floral, Ark. Churches of Christ. Tsvyashchenko, Ukrainian and biblical literature to around the globe held every Coordinators of the World The conference seeks to operations coordinator for people of the former Soviet three years, is changing dates. Mission Workshop approached help Christians “be more inten- Eastern European Mission, Union in their own languages. The conference, originally the steering committee of the tional in collaborating with our died suddenly Jan 3 after “She was one of the most scheduled for July, will instead Global Missions Conference brothers and sisters worldwide suffering an aneu- strategic thinkers I be Oct. 19-22 at the about combining the in reconciling people to the rism. She was 37. have ever met,” said Legacy Church events and moving Lord, strengthen the central Tsvyashchenko Bartosz Rybinski, of Christ in Fort the date to October. role of the local church in was baptized EEM’s vice presi- Worth. “This new date global missions and practice in 1993. She dent for European The move is allows university better stewardship,” according worked for minis- operations. designed to incor- students, faculty and to the news release. tries including Hundreds of thou- porate the mission- short-term workers — Scheduled speakers include a branch of the sands of children in minded university students who often are on the mission Jim McGuiggan, Fred Asare, Bear Valley Bible PHOTO PROVIDED Ukraine have access who attend the World Mission field during the summer — to Howard Norton, Evertt Institute of Denver Natasha Tsvyashchenko to the Bible in their Workshop, an annual event attend this year’s mission Huffard, Dan Rodriguez, Randy in Kramatorsk, schools because of hosted by colleges and universi- conference,” according to a Harris and Shon Smith. Ukraine, and Blagovest, a liter- her efforts, Rybinski added. ties associated with Churches news release from Missions ature and evangelism ministry. Tsvyashchenko is survived of Christ. Resource Network, a Bedford, For more information, see www. In 2006, she joined the staff by her husband, Nickoli In 2010, Harding University Texas-based ministry that coor- globalmissionsconference.org or contact of Eastern European Mission, Plaksin, distribution and special hosted the 50th annual World dinates the conference. Jay Jarboe at (817) 267-2727 or jay.jarboe@ or EEM, a church-supported projects manager for EEM. Mission Workshop at Harding The Global Missions mrnet.org. MARCH 2011 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE 25

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JEFF MONTGOMERY Student from South Africa enjoys icy water of baptism On a snowy day, Bruce McMullen, right, reacts to the icy water in a fountain at Harding University in Searcy, Ark., as he prepares to be baptized. The student from Cape Town, South Africa, arrived at Harding on a golf scholarship in fall 2008. “He knew Harding was a religious school but really didn’t know what religious meant,” said Dustin Howell, men’s golf coach. When a student named Alex Johnson from St. Louis, Mo., passed him in a residence hall, smiled and said “Jesus loves you,” McMullen didn’t know what to think, but the two became good friends. As McMullen attended chapel and Bible classes, participated in service projects and sang church songs, he learned about Jesus. On a recent Thursday, McMullen sent a text and invited his friends to witness his baptism. He arranged for hot chocolate and cookies to be provided. ACU president to faculty, staff: Don’t miss chapel on Mondays ABILENE, Texas — Abilene Christian University President Phil Schubert is making it clear that he expects all fac- ulty and staff members to join students at chapel on Mondays. “We believe there is significant value in our gathering as community as we begin each work week,” Schubert told The Christian Chronicle. “We are con- vinced that a time of worship together will glorify our creator while encourag- ing each of us on our Christian journey.” GRANT RAMPY In a recent note to faculty and staff, Abilene Christian University students, staff Schubert, provost Jeanine Varner and and faculty assemble for Monday chapel. dean of students Jean-Noel Thompson cited daily chapel as one of the identify- as we support and participate in chapel ing Christian traditions at ACU since and various campus, community and 1906. church activities.” They noted that this statement is read Meeting that challenge requires facul- each fall at a faculty blessing luncheon ty and staff presence at chapel, the note for freshmen: “As ACU faculty and staff said. Schubert said he expects all staff members, we accept the challenge to offices to be closed for chapel from 11 demonstrate intellectual, Christian and to 11:30 a.m. each Monday except in “a social leadership that can be imitated very small number of areas.” MARCH 2011 PEOPLE the christian chronicle 27 Newsmakers The seedy side of the Super Bowl NAMED: Alan D. Cooper, president of NationsUniversity, a Louisiana-based school BY AMANDA JORDAN | FOR THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE offering religious stud- ies by distance learning. DALLAS Melinda Oldham, minis- uper Bowl XLV at the Cowboys’ $1.3 ter to special needs indi- billion Arlington stadium will attract viduals and their families, Smore than sports fans. Along with and Bill Searcy, marriage football fanatics, the game will draw a and family counselor, large number of prostitutes and pimps Brooks Avenue church, to the area, a sex trade expert warns. Raleigh, N.C. Oldham Katie Pedigo, executive director of New Friends New Life, estimates that ANNIVERSARIES: 68th: James L. and 15,000 women and children will be Mickie French, Buffalo, Texas. 65th: Bill and brought to the Metroplex and sexually Pearl Boyd, Mariposa, Calif. 64th: Eugene trafficked. Houses will be rented and and Evelyn Perry, Beamsville, Ontario. 60th: transformed into brothels. Teenage Robert and Ruth Lawrence, York, Neb. girls will be exploited. New Friends New Life, an organization BIRTHDAYS: 99th: Perry B. Cotham, Grand that helps women leave the sex industry, Prairie, Texas. 90th: James L. French, is ready for the challenge, Pedigo said. Buffalo, Texas. 87th: Bill Boyd, Mariposa, “We can’t let it squish anything in us, AMANDA JORDAN Calif. and we can’t be dissuaded from doing New Friends New Life’s Lalla Shackelford, Katie Pedigo, Stephanie Clanton and Lauri Lanier anything we can just because it’s huge,” discussed their ministry at a recent Sexploitation Community Awareness event in Dallas. PASSAGES: Michael Ray ‘Mikey’ Dawidow, said Lauri Lanier, a protege advocate 29, Jan. 1, Sopot, Poland, son of longtime with New Friends New Life. Preston Road’s youth group. got a bigger plan. We know the seed’s missionaries Mike and Molly Lipe Dawidow, The organization began 13 years ago Around 300 women and children been planted and just pray that God will member of Sopot church. Maurice Ethridge, when a woman in the sex industry completed the program last year. grow that somehow.” 76, Dec. 21, Cookeville, Tenn., former min- came to the Preston Road Church of Women check out the group after ister and an educator at the Preston Road Christ in Dallas, deciding she wanted to seeing stickers advertising the program SEX SLAVES IN THE LAND OF THE FREE School of Preaching in Dallas, Pepperdine leave the industry. in strip-club dressing rooms or hearing Individuals wanting to help New University in Los Angeles and Tennessee She became involved with a women’s word-of-mouth promotion from women Friends New Life’s mission are encour- Tech University in Cookeville. Eliazer Bible study. Members helped her find a involved with New Friends New Life. aged to pray for the program and larger Ochieng, 83, Jan. 6, Mariwa, Kenya, elder job and gave her a new life, new friends Some of the women and their families social issue involved as well as volun- of the Mariwa church. Kenneth E. Samuel, and a new hope. are fully financially supported for at teer or offer financial support. 72, Jan. 21, former director of Childplace “These women realized that this was least two years to get the counseling, The group plans to partner with other child and family services exactly what Jesus did when he was education and job training they need. organizations to combat the influx of agency, charter member at the well and with the woman to be This enables them to “lift up their women and children shipped in for sex and elder of the Northside stoned,” said Pedigo, a Preston Road heads a little bit and start looking trade during the Super Bowl. church in Jeffersonville, member. “And over and over again, these toward the future of what might be New Friends New Life offers after-care Ind. Elise Smith, 89, Dec. were the women he chose to serve.” possible,” Lanier said. to the victims, supplying counseling, 15, Alamogordo, N.M., “A lot of them for a while will go, spiritual growth and tools for finding actively collected stuffed $32-BILLION-A-YEAR INDUSTRY ‘What’s the catch? When’s the other employment outside of the industry. animals to donate to Sex trafficking is a $32-billion-a-year shoe going to drop?’” Lanier said. “They Other organizations plan to use word- Angel Tree Ministries Ochieng industry, according to the United can’t believe that there are actually of-mouth advertising and distribute and the local emergency Nations. New Friends New Life’s goal people who would care about them as a soaps in area motels with the National room. Dorothy M. (Ham) Wright, 90, Dec. is to bring back to life those treated as person with no strings attached or judg- Human Trafficking Hotline number. 24, Bedford, Texas, worked in Nairobi, Kenya, property rather than human beings. ment or condemnation or expectation.” Pedigo said she sees the Super Bowl with Made In The Streets ministry and her A graduate named Shanna said her Without the financial commitment as a chance to talk openly about the issue daughter, missionary Darlene Coulston. children are “much happier now with to meet basic needs, women will go and reach women “in our own backyard.” this new mommy rather than the old back to doing what they know will feed “We just feel like if people will under- mommy,” according to New Friends their kids, program officials said. That stand, then they start to care, and if New Life’s website. includes lives of constantly being lied to they care, they’ll get engaged and The Preston Road church provides or misled. they’ll make a difference,” Pedigo said. the use of its building to the organiza- About 12 percent of the women leave “And that’s what we want to do. Our tion. The Highland Oaks, Prestoncrest, the program without completing it. ultimate goal is to end sex exploitation Richardson East and Skillman congrega- “Sometimes it’s hard if somebody in our country. There’s just no reason tions also partner with the organization. comes and they decide they don’t want to in 2011 in the land of the free, we have Some women in the program worship stay,” Lanier said. sex slaves.” PHOTO PROVIDED BY CHARLES COULSTON with members of Churches of Christ. “I have to keep reminding myself that Dorothy Wright gets hugs from children Participants’ children are immersed into this is not the end of the story — God’s FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.newfriendsnewlife.org with Made in the Streets in Kenya. 28 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE MARCH 2011 Employment Opportunities at York College

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Feb. 6-10 West Coast Preachers and Leaders Forum. 48th annual. North Las Vegas church, Las Vegas. Contact (702) 648-8283 or [email protected]. Feb. 6-11 Freed-Hardeman University Bible Lectureship. “Proclamation and Promise: Major Themes in the Minor Prophets.” Freed-Hardeman University, Henderson, Tenn. Contact www.fhu.edu. Feb. 18-19 Southeastern Regional Jail/Prison Workshop. University church, Montgomery, Ala. Contact www.alabam- anlbnetwork.org or (334) 386-7320. Feb. 18-20 Winterfest Gatlinburg. “Worthy. Worship is 31556926.” Gatlinburg, Tenn. Contact www.winterfest.org. Feb. 25-26 Urban Ministry Conference. “24 Years and Counting: What We Have Done Right and What We Did Wrong.” Impact Houston church, Houston. Contact (713) 864-5667 or [email protected]. Feb. 25-26 Affirming the Faith Seminar. “To Him be the Glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus!” North MacArthur church, Oklahoma City. Contact www.affirmingthefaithok.com. Feb. 26 Great Southwest Bible Bowl. 27th annual. Chisholm Trail church, Duncan, Okla. Contact ctduncan@swbell. net or (580) 255-7038. March 12 New England Church Growth Conference. Manchester, Conn. church. Contact (203) 265-2787, [email protected] or www. manchesterchurchofchrist.org. March 23 – 26 The Tulsa Workshop. “Let the Chains Fall Away.” Contact www.tulsaworkshop.org or workshop@ memorialdrive.org. March 24-26 National Trustee Conference. Glen Eyrie Conference Center, Colorado Springs, Colo. Contact (405) 445-3722. March 29 – April 2 67th Annual National Lectureship. “God’s Today Truth: Ancient, but not Antiquated.” Hotel Pennsylvania, New York. Contact www.67anl-coc.org. March 31 – April 3 Oklahoma City School of Biblical Studies Lectures. Barnes church, Oklahoma City. Contact Frank Williams at frankwilliams@okcsbs. com or (405) 736-1001. April 3-6 Ohio Valley University Lectureship Series. “Lessons of Jesus.” Ohio Valley University, Vienna, W.Va. Contact www.ovu.edu/lectureship. April 22-24 International Gospel Lectureship. Harare International Conference Centre, Zimbabwe. Contact [email protected]. Complete CALENDAR at www.christianchronicle.org 30 the Christian chronicle MARCH 2011

editorial Ever-Laughing Life by Jonny Hawkins Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet

ith this issue of The are most popular today. In the meantime, we want to Christian Chronicle, • Biblical illiteracy: We in make a special challenge to all we are launching a Churches of Christ used to be Christians: new series focused known as a people who knew • Start right now to read the on the Bible. The Word. Is that still the case? Bible daily, if you aren’t already. WAs you know, we are a news- We’ll examine this question and • Determine to improve your paper, not a teaching or doctrinal explore possible solutions. Bible knowledge this year. publication. So our role is • Young people and the • Plan meaningful textual to report news that informs, Bible: We’ll interview young studies for teens and adults in inspires and unites Churches people involved with Lads your church. of Christ. In keeping to Leaders and Leadership • Use eBibleStudy.org or a with that mission, Training for Christ about similar website as a resource for this series will their Bible studies and solid textual studies. examine key Bible- check in on a few Bible Accept this challenge, and you related trends with Bowl participants. will be blessed beyond measure. a goal of encour- • Bible scholars: The Happy Church of Christ aging Christians to Are the number of in Texas used to average “Daddy, you said the Word of God devote themselves Bible majors up or Sunday attendance of about 60. is living and breathing. Could you check to the study of the down in our Christian In the last 15 years, that number under my bed?” Scriptures. colleges, universi- has jumped to about 90 — a 50 Among the ties and preaching percent increase. That growth elements that we schools? What coincides with the church TO OUR READERS hope to include in trends are we seeing, publishing daily Bible reading this series: and what do these trends mean schedules in the bulletin, • The blessings for the church? minister Rick Bloodworth said. of daily Bible reading: We We should stress that these “I know of no program that the Wanted: Your church’s directory pray you were as inspired as we elements of our series consti- church has attempted anywhere he monthly circulation of We’re continuing our limited- were by this month’s story of tute a rough working outline. in the world that has proven as The Christian Chronicle time offer to add your entire 9-year-old Davis Burton and the Plans can develop and change effective as the determination Tkeeps increasing. This church to our mailing list at no lessons he learned reading the — and often do — as we delve of individual Christians to read edition will go to more than charge. We keep all names and entire Bible during 2010. deeper into our reporting. their Bibles every day,” he said. 109,500 individual addresses in addresses confidential. Send • The King James Bible: In fact, we’d love feedback Amen, brother. all 50 states, reaching nearly a directories to the Chronicle, 2011 marks the 400th anniver- from Chronicle readers on other Of all the vital programs quarter of a million readers. P.O. Box 11000, Oklahoma sary of this remarkably impor- angles or stories to pursue and ministries of the church, Our goal is to serve even City, OK 73136-1100. For more tant English translation. We’ll as part of this series. You can none can match the value of more members with news information, e-mail virginia. reflect on that history and report reach us via the contact infor- members taking time daily to that informs, inspires and [email protected] on which versions of the Bible mation in the staff box below. devour “God’s story.” unites Churches of Christ. or call (405) 425-5070.

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omebody ought to put the Bible in read through the Bible this way (it Have you looked at yourself in the Finally, there is the spiritual applica- the right order,” I remember my takes about a week), I never tire of mirror at least once today? Why should tion of the old saying, “Absence makes ‘Sfather saying to me one day when reading the Scriptures from Genesis to we not take daily inventory of our souls the heart grow fonder,” which some I was just a teenager. Revelation. as well as our bodies? wag cleverly changed to, “Absence When he died suddenly at Views When my publisher asked Daily Scripture reading nourishes, makes the heart go wander!” far too young an age, I decided me to write “The Daily Bible purifies and keeps us honest. Invariably, prolonged absence to try my hand at producing Devotional” as a companion Another good from the Word results in a heart that such a Bible. A chronological volume, I had no idea what a reason to open wanders. Let enough days go Bible. A readable Bible. A Bible blessing the year ahead would the Book at some by without personally staying divided into 365 daily readings. be: Slowing down to a crawl. point during each in touch with God’s divine I myself had never read the Doing the daily readings so as to new day is an inter- revelation (not just “going to Bible from cover to cover, nor write something of encourage- esting twist on the church”) and soon we’ll be consistently on a daily basis. ment or admonition bubbling up rule of Bible study strangers in a foreign land. But having daily sections to F. LaGard Smith from each day’s text. that rightly insists Alone. Confused. Lost. read seemed sensible, and, Even then, there was a temp- on “context, context, Yes, of course, it’s possible looking back, I’ve never regretted tation to race ahead, exploring more context.” for us to miss a day’s that decision. Nor, it seems, have the than just one day’s reading at a time. No matter what reading here and there and hundreds of readers who have written (Readers tell me they struggle with the kind of day you are still remain true to what me, thanking me for prompting them to same temptation.) having, the Bible we believe. (Indeed, there read the inspired text day by day. But in today’s fast-paced world, faith- addresses the larger was a time when faithful As a Christian author, I find that fully reading the Bible day in and day context of your life. believers didn’t have the my Bible reading is usually done in out is a daunting challenge for many. Are things not opportunity to read even large chunks as I dive into one topic The sheer discipline of daily reading going quite as you a single word from or another. No concordances for seems as impossible to maintain as a had planned? Holy Writ.) But what me, thank you very much (or, more New Year’s resolution for daily exer- In the larger frame ‘Why should we not take a colossal waste of currently, word searches). I don’t want cise. Rare are they who can keep their of things eternal (as God’s love, encour- to miss any pertinent passage that commitment to read even a chapter a almost any daily reading daily inventory of our souls agement, warning might be lost by simply looking up a day (and rarer still anyone capable of will remind us), the big as well as our bodies? and wisdom! single word or phrase. memorizing that chapter, as did C.S. picture is going precisely Might this be a So whenever I launch into writing a Lewis). as God has planned. Daily scripture reading good day to get book, I break out a new copy of “The So why read the Bible each and every Are you happy as a clam nourishes, purifies and ourselves back into Daily Bible” and read it from cover to day? even though you’ve turned the Word? And cover with the theme of my book in Think of it this way: Who among us your back on God or keeps us honest’ tomorrow? And the mind. Every verse having any bearing would want to miss even a single day of simply ignored him? day after? on my theme gets underlined. eating? As almost any passage When all the pieces of the puzzle Yet God’s Word is our spiritual manna will confirm, there is no true happi- F. LaGARD SMITH is the compiler of “The Daily Bible” are finally on the table, I’m ready to sent down from heaven. ness when God is left out of the equa- and author of more than 25 books. As special assistant draw my conclusions, formulate a text- And who would dare go a day without tion. In order to maintain balance in our to the president of the C.S. Lewis Foundation, Smith prompted approach and get down to the a bath or shower? Yet it’s the Word lives from one day to the next, we need is actively involved in the establishment of C.S. Lewis actual writing. (both written and incarnate) that continual reminders of context, context, College in Northfield, Mass. Contact Smith.LaGard@ No matter how many times I have cleanses the dross of our evil hearts. context. gmail.com.

The summers are Originally, when I I live in one of the There’s a lot of VOICES so different first started, it biggest cities by issues with girl because of the was mostly about land mass in the fights and drama, What are some of mission trips and me and what I country. ... (The things like that. ... the challenges or so many extra could do to make distance to the Girls are going to issues that you face activities. ... It’s the kids do better. church building) fight and argue as a youth minister? very different But as I have had can be up to 20, with each other, during the school internships, as I 25 miles or even but some of them Asked by managing editor year. ... There’s a lot of program- have gone through classes and further for some families. So that deal with modesty and how boys Bobby Ross Jr. at the ming, getting the classes ready learned more, I realize it can’t just makes it a challenge ... to get treat them, how they treat boys, National Conference and finding teachers. It’s been be about me. It can’t just be about everybody there on certain nights and I like to be a good example to on Youth Ministries in challenging, but I have great par- what I think the kids need. or there for certain programs. But that. ... I want the girls to see that Colorado Springs, Colo. ents at the church where I work, It needs to be a real group- overall, our kids just love being they need to respect boys, and which has been a real blessing. oriented thing. together. they’ll respect you back. And you Barrie Mitchell | Little Rock, Ark. Ulyses Norman | Midwest City, Okla. Charlie Sells | Jacksonville, Fla. should respect yourself, first off. Kelsey Kelly | Tulsa, Okla. 32 the Christian chronicle reviews MARCH 2011 Book presents biblical mandate for diversity NEW AND NOTE WORTHY PREACHING By Bob Carpenter and Harold Shank congregation is multi-ethnic if mendations based on their David Bland The Christian Chronicle no single ethnic group makes own experiences. Readers and David Fleer, up more than 80 percent of will not find references to the eds. Preaching s the U.S. and Europe the whole. Based on that principles of cross-cultural Character, become more ethni- percentage, few Churches of anthropology that have been Reclaiming Acally diverse, the number Christ would qualify as multi- long instrumental in training Wisdom’s of multi-ethnic churches ethnic. Indeed, few churches missionaries, or to the funda- Paradigmatic increases. Are such churches of any kind in the U.S. meet mentals of conflict resolution Imagination for simply a natural consequence that standard. widely used by businesses and Transformation. of shifting demographic trends, DeYmaz and Li devote most nonprofits alike, or to cultural Abilene, Texas: ACU Press, 2010. or do they represent a strategic of the book to examining studies that international firms 252 pages. $22.95. approach that is being carried seven obstacles to creating and agencies have employed out in response to those and sustaining a multi-ethnic effectively. Bland and Fleer continue trends? congregation. Here the Sports teams, multinational their series of preaching In “Ethnic Blends,” Mark authors make use of Scripture corporations and educational guides with a focus on wis- DeYmaz and Harry Li force- passages and anecdotes to institutions that have success- dom literature. The 20 par- fully argue that emulating identify specific barriers and fully blended ethnic groups ticipants in the 2009 Lipscomb noteworthy first-century problems in transitioning can inform American congre- University Conference on The material aims to provide preachers examples of unified, multi- local congregations into more gations that lag well behind Preaching provide homiletical with a resource to help form godly charac- ethnic congregations is indis- diverse groups. They draw Mark DeYmaz and Harry Li. them when it comes to ethnic introductions to three sermons ter in their congregations. pensable to the enterprise of on their own extensive expe- Ethnic Blends: Mixing Diversity blending. Effectively applying from each of the five wisdom restoring the New Testament rience as staff members of into Your Local Church. Grand existing research in the areas books (including James). church. the Mosaic Church of Central Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 2010. mentioned above could help For the authors, multi-ethnic Arkansas, an ethnically and 230 pages. $18.99. close the gap. BIBLE STUDY congregations are mandated economically diverse congre- This book is a reminder of Phillip Eichman. by Jesus’ prayer gation planted clarity regarding certain the prevailing consumer orien- Have You Seen for unity in John in Little Rock critical issues in building tation of American churches. Jesus? A Study 17 and by the ‘This book is a reminder in 2001. a multi-ethnic church. For Almost every barrier the of the Life of call for unity of the prevailing DeYmaz and example, the book presents authors encounter in their Jesus from the in Ephesians. Li advocate no real insights regarding multicultural congregation has Gospel of Mark. The church at consumer orientation spiritual — not overcoming the theolog- “I want my own way” written Denver: Outskirts Antioch of Syria of American churches. racial — recon- ical barriers encountered in all over it. Early Christianity Press, 2010. 76 (Acts 13:1-3) ciliation. They blended churches. Moreover, expanded to a considerable pages. $8.95. exemplifies Almost every barrier urge accom- the Mosaic Church’s approach degree because of self-sacri- the “biblical the authors encounter modation (we to the critical issue of illegal ficing discipleship. One looks A former teacher at Crowley’s mandate” all become like immigrants may be summed in vain for a “take up your Ridge College in Arkansas, to establish in their multicultural Christ) rather up as “don’t ask, don’t tell.” cross” in this book. Eichman offers 13 chapters on genuinely congregation has “I than assimi- While the book convincingly While DeYmaz and Li the Gospel of Mark, including multi-ethnic lation (every- presents biblical incentives deserve our admiration for brief descriptions of the text congregations. want my own way” body becomes for accepting the challenge their work in the multi-ethnic and discussion questions. The “Ethnic written all over it.’ like us). of ethnic blending (there’s trenches, at the same time the book provides a guided tour of Blends” serves While such a an outstanding treatment of book reminds us of an overall the Gospel suitable for individu- as a counter- goal requires Ephesians in chapter eight), it dearth of discipleship in al study or discussion groups. point to the church growth substantial effort on the is less successful in providing contemporary Christianity. Rog branches out from her pre- philosophy of the “homog- part of individual members guidelines for actually putting We are grateful for this Fiction vious work in writing children’s enous unit principle” — the and distinct subgroupings, it into practice. book. It will expand the hori- Sandi Rog. The stories and articles for Christian widely accepted view that they insist that a flourishing Brief sidebar contributions zons of church leaders who Master’s Wall. Woman magazine and Writer’s congregations grow fastest blended church will have a written by leaders of other see only one ethnic group in Chillicothe, Digest to pen her first fiction when all the people belong powerful witness to a cynical multi-ethnic congregations are the pews on Sunday. It will tell Ohio: DeWard novel. to the same demographic society. interspersed throughout the us why we must do better, but Publishing groups. Blended churches are not a book but add little practical not all that much about how. Company, 2010. DeYmaz and Li object to cure-all, nor do all multi-ethnic value. 291 pages. $12.99. the homogeneous unit prin- churches look the same, Reading “Ethnic Blends” can BOB CARPENTER is professor of missions ciple because it “had the unin- although they note that most be discouraging. Even when at Oklahoma Christian University in Set in ancient tended consequence of justi- blended congregations tend to the unity of a multi-cultural Oklahoma City. HAROLD SHANK is Rome and filled with gladiator fying the segregation of local be in urban, often inner-city, congregation becomes a goal, professor of Old Testament at Oklahoma scenes, coming-of-age stories congregations along ethnic locations. the challenges are formidable. Christian and reviews editor for The Christian and romance, this histori- and economic lines.” Readers will likely be Yet the authors may protest Chronicle. Both worship with the Memorial cal novel follows the life of a The authors hold that a disappointed by the lack of too much. They offer recom- Road Church of Christ in Edmond, Okla. Hebrew slave named David. MARCH 2011 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE 33

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100786-1210 To apply, see http://www.wwcoc.org/about/careers 34 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE OPINION MARCH 2011 Take time to absorb the awe-inspiring, private praise of God found in Scripture Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your scene humbles me in the presence of name in all the earth! You have God’s majesty and immensity. Isaiah ‘Oset your glory above the heavens. ... senses in the scene his unworthiness Plays Five Instruments When I consider your heavens, the work of and need for God’s grace. Such is the your fingers, the moon, the stars which you experience whenever have set in place, What is man that you Insight we sincerely praise and are mindful of him, the son of man that honor our Father and you care for him?” (Psalm 8) creator. These words of the warrior king An equally powerful and poet begin a hymn of praise and scene occurs in the adoration for God, his works and his Revelation when John Spring Sing Host name. David, like many of the powerful sees the exalted Christ. teachers and prophets of the Old “His head and hair were Testament, never tires of praising God. white like wool, as white The psalms of David that praise the as snow, and his eyes were nature of God are familiar to most of us. Bailey McBride like blazing fire. His feet They have become hymns sung regu- were like bronze glowing larly in congregational worship. Many in a furnace, and his voice was like the Traveled to 19 Countries are read regularly in assemblies. sound of rushing waters. In his right hand When I reflect on the power of he held seven stars, and out of his mouth praising God, I think that most of us rely came a double-edged sword. His face was too much on public worship for the prac- like the sun shining in all his brilliance.” tice of praise. 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