Cambodia Awakens to Christ
December 14, 2007
by William Singleton
[Editor’s note: Follows is Bill’s December 2007 report received earlier this month on the occasion of his return to Cambodia. He has worked for a number of years in the country.]
I have been back in Cambodia about a week now and am trying to understand and assess the tremendous amount of change I am witnessing. Read more
Gospel Chariot Rolls Africa with 700 baptisms
December 7, 2007
by Quinton Funk
[Editor’s note: The Gospel Chariot Missions travels 12 months of the year through Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, recruiting students, teaching, preaching and baptizing lost souls. The work is overseen by the Lamar, Colo., congregation. This report was received recently via another congregation.] Read more
Thoughts on Work from a Worker
November 22, 2007
by Neal Pollard
I met David Bayi on my first trip to Tanzania in 2003. He is, on the surface, a reserved man, but he has a winning smile and jovial personality to go along with a tenacity in teaching the gospel few can match.
His former profession was competitive road racing, in which he did quite well. The discipline and determination that characterized his life and work before becoming a Christian describes his labors as a gospel preacher now. Read more
Avondale Hosts Online World Wide Lectureship
November 20, 2007
DECATUR GA (WGN)- Digitalbiblestudy.com will conduct an online World Wide Lectureship December 2-6. The lectureship is unique in that it will not only host 31 different speakers from one university and nine churches, but will allow the online listener to interact with other listeners from around the world. Read more
AR: Fair Booth Distributes Bibles, DVDs, Courses
November 12, 2007
NORTH LITTLE ROCK AR (WGN)- The Somers Avenue congregation’s fair booth at the Arkansas State Fair garnered 800 requests for a free Bible and 323 Bible correspondence courses October 12-21. Read more
Triple Blessing in Teaching the Gospel
November 4, 2007
by Jeremy Newlin
JOÃO PESSOA, BRAZIL (WGN)- What a wonderful blessing it is to see someone, with whom you studied the Bible, believe and be baptized! It is also a marvelous blessing to be able to show a young Christian how to teach a personal Bible study and see him do so. Put these two things together, plus one other Christian who also saw that she was capable of studying the Bible with another person, and you have a triple blessing. That is what I have just experienced. Read more
Heart to Heart Targets Alabama
November 2, 2007
JACKSONVILLE, AL (WGN)- The Heart to Heart House to House magazine has targeted every home in the state of Alabama.
“At the beginning of 2007 we set a goal to help the churches of Christ in Alabama to cover the entire state with the Gospel using House to House Heart to Heart. So far we have reached Read more
GBN: Irate Caller Repents
October 30, 2007
by Chad Dollahite
GBN Production Manager
This report has been slightly edited
DALTON GA (WGN)- The Gospel Broadcasting Network (GBN) sponsors an hour of programming on both Dish Network (ch. 9407 at noon EST) and DirecTV (ch. 323 at 8 a.m. EST). That hour of programming is the “Good News Today” program hosted by Jim Dearman, which includes various segments, highlighting the various programming featured on the full 24/7 network program schedule.
Just a few days after the start of GBN’s programming on DirecTV and Dish Network, an irate lady called the GBN Direct Line and spoke with Barry Gilreath, Sr., Executive Director of GBN. In the process of several angry phone calls from her, in which she spoke to Barry, Sr., the secretary and Janis Dearman, we found out that she was a member of Read more
World Evangelism school to host missionary retreat
March 5, 2007
WINONA MS (WGN)– The World Evangelism School of Missions will host its first missionary retreat May 10-12 at the Maywood Christian Camp in Hamilton, Ala.
The retreat is also hosted by J.C. and Betty Choate, Wayne and Janet Barrier, and the Double Springs Church of Christ, in Cookeville, Tenn.
Featured speakers include Glover Shipp, J.C. Choate, Don Petty, Don Reese, Loy Mitchell, and Gordon Hogan, among others. Read more
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