‘Don Wood’ sentenced to five years

January 30, 2012

ERIE, Penn. (BNc) — On Jan. 26, Donald Keith Turner (known among churches of Christ by his alias, Don L. Wood) was sentenced to five years imprisonment, three years of supervised release, and restitution to the IRS of $408,034. He was convicted by jury trial at Erie, Penn., Sept. 15, 2011, for conspiring to defraud the United States of tax revenue Read more

Fire destroys Hartford, Alabama church building

January 23, 2012

by Glenda Williams, BNc Correspondent

HARTFORD, Ala (BNc) — An early morning fire destroyed the Hartford Church of Christ building Sunday morning, January 15, 2012. Jim Simmons, local preacher for the church, stated he received a call around 3:00 a.m. that the building was on fire. Read more

Peru church grabs attention through billboards

January 20, 2012

Church billboardsCUSCO, Peru (BNc) — A catchy billboard design went up today for the Ayllu congregation in two high-traffic locations in the city, according to missionary wife Allison Kizer.

With a splash of color and the word Distinto (distinct) in huge letters, the quirky font catches the eye of passers-by.

The billboard asks, “Why is Christianity different?”, and gives information about the church. Read more

Preacher develops free brotherhood Bible resources for e-Sword

January 18, 2012

Bible resourcesDOVER, Ark. (BNc) — A gospel preacher has set about to provide free brotherhood resources for the most popular Bible study program for computers.

The most popular free Bible study program for the PC is called e-Sword. The Mac version, which uses the same resource files, is Eloquent.  Across the Internet, thousands of Bibles, commentaries, dictionaries, and books are available for it—the vast majority of them for free.

So what could be the problem? Bradley Cobb, a preacher from Oklahoma explained. Read more

Preacher Perry Cotham celebrates 100th birthday

January 7, 2012