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India graduates awarded certificates

by Jim Waldron

INDIA (BNc) – India has 1.2 billion people with many massive cities, but the greatest numbers of people live in villages. Thus, after many years of having students come to central locations to learn the word, two years ago Don Iverson and I began using brothers who had graduated from the three-year regular schools to teach in night schools in the villages. Read more

Jenkins Institute launches today, honors Jerry Jenkins

Editor’s Note: As of noon today, Central time, The Jenkins Institute website and ministry launches, in conjunction with the announcement through BNc. We recommend to you this faithful work that will continue the legacy of Jerry Jenkins for the progress of the gospel.

by Jeff Jenkins and Dale Jenkins

LEWISVILLE, Tex. (BNc) – Our dad Jerry Austin Jenkins was a man of vision and passion. He left behind a legacy of faith and his vision for serving the church.

He saw a forest and envisioned a Christian camp for young people. Today, Maywood Christian Camp is a first-class camp and home to thousands of young people each summer.

He envisioned a television program by which the gospel could be preached throughout the Southeast U.S. At the time of his passing, “The Living Word” television program was the longest running and most popular, locally produced religious broadcast in Alabama. Read more

Trends and ideas: Preacher proposes option for declining lectureships

by Matthew Morine, pulpit minister with the Castle Rock, Colo., church
Republished, with permission, from his weblog.

An elder was in my office yesterday, and we got to talking about lectureships.

This elder is highly connected in the church, and he goes to various lectureships each year. He was talking about how the numbers are down in some of the lectureships across the brotherhood. He made the comment, “It is more for old people now.”

This is not always true, I still like attending lectures, but the point is still true in general.

So if lectureships are not working, what will work with young people or young ministers? Read more

Think mag offers free electronic issue on Islam

by Brad Harrub

Your life has already been affected in some way by Islam. Whether it was the terrorist attacks of 9/11 (and subsequent changes in airline travel) or finding verses from the Qu’ran in your child’s literature books, the fact remains that Islam is here and growing.

• Did you know that Islam is growing at a rate of 25% or more per year in places like Africa?
• Are you aware there is clear strategy among Islamic leaders to turn America into an Islamic nation?
• Are you aware Sharia Law allows Muslim men to marry four women?
• Did you know the Qu’ran has passages that specifically mention the goal of Islam is “world dominance?” Read more

New brotherhood podcast

by Dale Jenkins

INTERNET, (BNc) — TheEquipNetwork.com (TEN) in conjunction with iPreach announces a new podcast in cooperation with the Gospel Advocate.

Adam Faughn and Dale Jenkins introduced iPreach in September 2008. iPreach has become the most listened to podcast produced by members of the churches of Christ. Adam and Dale are delighted to introduce on February 9, 2011 a new podcast called “ThePagesPodcast”. Pages is a podcast for any member of the church who loves books. Books will come from a wide variety of publishers and fields. Read more

‘Baptism365′ website to register daily baptisms

PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (BNc) – A preacher wants to register baptisms around the world on his website Baptism365, as a demonstration that God is adding to the church daily.

Rick Kelly, preacher for the Prestonsburg congregation, wanted to write on the Internet, but hit two roadblocks. First, he said, “there are plenty of other beneficial writings in the brotherhood. If I did blog, I wanted to provide some other kind of service. Also, I wanted to do something that was more self-sufficient, something that wouldn’t fail if I had an overly busy week in ministry; something that could continue easily, even if I was sick; something someone else could pick up if I was away; something that would keep going almost by itself.” Read more

FHU releases e-text of 2011 lectures

HENDERSON, TN (BNc) – E-text versions of the 75th Annual Freed-Hardeman University Lectureship are now available, according to Tom L. Childers.

The 75th lectures will be held Feb. 6-11, 2011.

The 2011 lectureship book of 513 pages written by nearly 100 writers deals mainly with the Minor Prophets.

It will be available in hardback the first week in February, but e-text versions are available now.

The e-text versions will work on the following devices: Read more

First Annual Spanish Lectureship

by Willie Alvarenga

BEDFORD, Tx. (BNc) – Thanks to our heavenly Father, we were able to have an excellent lectureship!

Many Spanish brethren from Brown Trail were involved in this lectureship. Our sisters did an excellent job cooking breakfast and lunch for those who attended this event. Everyone worked very hard for several days trying to get everything ready for our lectureship. Well, Nov. 13 came, and everything was ready to receive everyone who made the time to be with us.

We would like to say thank you to the elders for allowing this lectureship to take place at the Brown Trail building. We are indeed forever thankful to them and to everyone else who made everything possible for this lectureship to be a success. To God be the glory!

We had 14 displays from different ministries of the Lord’s church. Those who attended the lectureship were able to take home free literature that ministries provided for this event. We thank all of those brethren who traveled several miles to bring their displays to this lectureship.

We were able to make the lectureship book available in Spanish. All of the speakers prepared a manuscript which was then put into a lectureship book. Brother Willie Alvarenga was in charge of editing this book of 71 pages. The central theme of this year’s lectureship was: Studying God’s Word Efficiently.

We had a total of 9 speakers preaching and teaching the word of God. All of them are graduates from the Brown Trail School of Preaching. In this program we had classes for the ladies, the men and the young people. The attendance for each of these classes was great! Thanks to the great job of Brother Mark Teske, we were able to record each lesson in audio and video. We are also thankful to each teacher who helped with the children’s classes. Each of them did a wonderful job.

Three panelist were able to answer questions given to them. Brother Obed Rodriguez, Douglas Alvarenga and Willie Alvarenga did an excellent job giving Biblical answers to several questions. We are thankful to Mark Teske and Brother Luis Camacho for making the broadcasting of our lectureship possible. At the end of the lectures, information was given to us telling us of the 15 countries who were able to view and listen to the lectureship live.

Our brothers and sisters in Christ showed their true love as they worked hard during this lectureship. We commend each of them for their dedication and Christian love. May God grant us more brethren who truly enjoy serving the Lord in His kingdom.

We are indeed very thankful to the elders for supporting this great lectureship. We were very encouraged as we saw their happy faces and heard their words of encouragement for this event. Indeed we are thankful to them for allowing this lectureship to be part of the Spanish program at Brown Trail School of Preaching.

2010 Operation Christmas Joy

by Glenda Wiliams, BNc correspondent

GENEVA, AL (BNc) – Joy Galloway, Kellee Jackson, Maggie Moyer and Wanda Cannon worked all year buying items to be packed and shipped to Panama for the 2010 Operation Christmas Joy project. This year’s backpacks were filled for the school in Santa Fe Darien as well as collected teaching supplies for teachers. 206 backpacks, 71 teacher bags, shoeboxes filled with gifts, medical supplies and other items were packed and shipped from the Geneva church building. Read more

2010 Bear Valley Lectures a huge success

by Neal Pollard, lectureship director

DENVER, Colo. (BNc) – Twenty-three speakers from across the brotherhood converged on Denver Sept. 23-26, for the annual Bear Valley Lectures.

For many years, the lecture program was essentially a homecoming for alumni. However, in the past few years, the attempt has been made to broaden its scope.

Last year, those efforts included the school’s first ever lectureship book.

This year, an alumni kick-off event, a golf outing, and a much more comprehensive advertising campaign seem to have contributed to a big boost in attendance. Read more

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