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Willard Tate has gone home!

by Jerry Lawlis

ABILENE, Tex. (BNc) – Willard Tate was special! When we began the Red River Family Encampment in 1987, one of the very first speakers we invited was Willard Tate. Willard was already well known among us as an ex-coach, faithful Gospel Preacher, and entertaining/motivational speaker. He was in high demand from coast to coast.

He did not know me from Adam…he certainly knew nothing about RRFE since that was to be our first year of existence. Yet, he graciously accepted my invitation when he could have gone so many places and earned good money. He came, he inspired, he entertained (who can forget the joke-telling contest between Willard and George Goldtrap, the MC for the Amazing Grace TV program, in the parking lot of the Ponderosa Lodge?!). He endeared himself to all the campers that first year, and for the next 20 years he made RRFE one of his priorities. Read more

Jack Hardeman Exum Sr., dies

contributed by Glenda Williams, BNc correspondent

LAKE CITY, Fla. (BNc) – Jack Hardeman Exum, Sr., 81, died Sunday, Feb. 7, at the Lake City Medical Center.

He was a native of Nashville, Tenn., the son of the late Fred E. and Alma Jewell Selley Exum.

Exum moved to Lake City, Fla. in 1993, from Royston, Ga. He was a member of the Central church (New Horizon church of Christ, where Jack Exum, Jr. is the minister).

Exum was a retired minister, an author of more than 39 books and a recipient of an Amy Award for religious writing. He also wrote a column that appeared in the Lake City Reporter each Saturday.

An avid reader, pool player with his friends at Eastside Village, golfer, coach (football and basketball), Mr. Exum enjoyed walking, cycling, fishing and any outdoor activities. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. Read more

Conference for preachers held in Kazan, Russia

by Glenda Williams

KAZAN, Russia (BNc) – More than 30 preachers and ministers from more than 15 locations in Russia participated in a 3-day conference for preachers in the Deryshki hotel, October 26-29, in the suburb of Kazan, Russia.

“Churches of Christ in Russia today – Overcoming challenges and keeping the faith,” was the conference name.  This was the fifth seminar held within the past five years and was the largest. Read more

Nigeria Bible institute president kidnapped

BREAKING STORY

Nigeria (BNc) – Preliminary reports from the FHU Lectureship indicate that Okon Mkpawg, president of a Bible institute in this African country was kidnapped.

One source said the kidnapping was confirmed by family members. Another source said the announcement was made by Dr. Roy Sharp during the FHU chapel service today.

As more information arrives, BNc will update this page.

On Sunday an Anglican archbishop was also kidnapped as he arrived home from church. An Anglican prayer blog cited Nigerian sources (unavailable when consulted) that kidnappings were common in some regions of the country, motivated by hopes of monetary rewards.

Texas church sponsors forum on politics

The Granbury Street congregation in Cleburne, Tex., will sponsor its annual open forum Feb. 27, highlighting the theme, “Politics and Religion” (PDF here). Given the nature of the theme, BNc asked Kevin W. Rhodes, preacher finishing his second master’s degree in Political Science, about the forum.

BNc: What is the purpose of the annual open forum?

Rhodes: Our Open Forum is designed to draw attention to a current problem in the church or an important issue in people’s lives and then to address it in a constructive, edifying manner using the Bible as the guide. Read more

Jumping Ship

by Phil Sanders, BNc Advisory Board member

Recently the Tennessean, a newspaper in Nashville, Tenn., ran an article entitled, “Churches of Christ drop isolationist view, work with other faiths.” The author, Bob Smietana, featured the changes taking place at Otter Creek Church of Christ in Brentwood, Tenn.

Smietana interviewed associate minister Doug Sanders, who repeated a number of progressive charges made against mainstream churches of Christ.

“In the Church of Christ, we had all the answers. And if we had the answers, that meant everyone else didn’t. It’s kind of embarrassing to admit it, but that’s the way it was,” Sanders said. Read more

Carolyn Sanders Benson dies at 69

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BNc) – Carolyn Benson died on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 3, in a city hospital. She died minutes before surgery on her shoulders was to have begun.

Carolyn was the widow of Byron Benson, a faithful gospel preacher who died Aug. 24, 2009.  They had been married for 52 years.  She was 69.

Carolyn was a talented person. She loved to paint. She developed educational material for the Grady, Ala., congregation where she and Byron had labored for 36 years.

She had retired from her position at the Faulkner University Library. Read more

Donnie Vick works with Purcellville church

by Laura S. Tinnel

PURCELLVILLE, Va. (BNc) — Jan. 24 was a momentous day of firsts in northern Virginia. That Sunday morning Donnie Vick stepped into the pulpit in Purcellville to begin his first full-time ministry as a preacher in the Lord’s church. That same day, the 11-year-old local congregation heard a sermon from its first full-time preacher.

When Vick and his wife Stephanie arrived at their new home just two days prior, they were greeted by excited adults and teens of the congregation who assisted in moving their belongings. They presented the Vicks with a pantry stocked with dry goods and gift cards to get them started in their new home. Read more

11 million visit The Gospel of Christ

ARDMORE, Okla. (BNc) — A multimedia evangelistic effort reported record growth in 2009 with over 11 million page hits to its website.

The Gospel of Christ ministry had “its best year ever,” reported Kevin Pendergrass to BNc. Pendergrass works with the development of the ministry and is one of its speakers.

The 11 million page hits came from the U.S. and 166 other countries. Read more

Ga. preachers meet for fellowship

Ministers in Southeast Georgia find strength and fellowship in monthly meetings.

by Richard Mansel

HAZLEHURST, Ga. (BNc) — Ian Burgin said, “So many churches are small in Southeast Georgia, and we remain true to the pattern and serving God.”

Burgin, minister with the Nashville, Ga., church extolled the virtues of serving in a small congregation as he gave a report on the work in his community, at the church workers’ meeting.

Workers from a variety of congregations in Southeast Georgia drive on the first Monday of each month to Sisters Country Kitchen to fellowship and edify one another. Read more

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