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Preacher Jerry Jenkins has gone to be with the Lord

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BNc) – Jerry Jenkins, preacher with the Roebuck Parkway congregation for 44 years, died around 10:45 p.m., Monday, after a massive stroke and massive organ failure, according to his son Jeff.

He had been in the University of Alabama hospital in Birmingham.

The church’s Facebook page noted:

Brother Jerry Jenkins has gone to see the reward he worked so hard for. While we grieve, we do not grieve as those who have no hope! (1st Thes. 4:13) He will be missed beyond what words can put to paper. The family and the Church at Roebuck Parkway covet your prayers. Read more

Another brotherhood stalwart goes on to recieve his reward

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (BNc) – The funeral of Milton Webster, elder at the Jacksonville congregation in Jacksonville, Ala., will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 20 at 11:00 at the church building. Visitation will be on Tuesday, Oct. 19 at the Gray Brown Funeral Home in Anniston, Ala.

Brother Webster died Sunday, Oct. 17 at about 4:00 pm.

Milton was the elder who had oversight of Polishing the Pulpit, the annual Smokey Mountain Marriage Retreat and House to House/Heart to Heart.  He raised two gospel preachers who continue to have an impact on the Lord’s kingdom: Allen Webster, Editor of House to House/Heart to Heart, Director for Polishing the Pulpit and the pulpit preacher for the Jacksonville church of Christ,  Wade Webster preaches for the Southhaven congregation in Mississippi, and  Milton’s daughter Missy is married to Tracy Moore who preaches for a congregation in Tennessee.

The congregation asks that you please keep his wife Diana in your prayers, along with the entire Webster family.

Robert Whiten, an elder at the Jacksonville congregation, said of Webster, “He was a fine man who stood for the truth. We are going to miss him.”

Wiregrass Christian Youth Camp is touching lives

by Glenda Williams, BNc correspondent

GENEVA, Alabama (BNc) – Wiregrass Christian Youth Camp, Chancellor, Alabama, has recorded another successful summer of camping. 

Joel Ellis, President of the youth camp, states “With the assistance of 263 staff volunteers, we were privileged to host 684 young people at Camp Wiregrass this summer.”  604 of those campers won the highest coveted Bible Rosette award.  During the eight weeks of camp, there were 16 baptisms and 62 prayer requests. 

Camp Wiregrass, as it is lovingly referred to, is nestled around a former golf course near Chancellor, Alabama. Work toward improving the camp is done throughout the year by volunteers.  Among other improvements this year, the campers enjoyed two new lighted outdoor classrooms.

41 campers were able to experience the camp this summer because of generous scholarship donations. Churches, and friends of the camp, make donations each year assuring that any child who wants to attend camp may do so.  Angie Braswell, secretary for the camp states, “We don’t turn a child away who wishes  to come to camp and doesn’t have financial means.”

For more information visit the website at: www.campwiregrass.info

Christian Invites Neighbor

By Glenda Williams, BNc correspondent

Geneva, Ala (BNc) — “Wanda, I’ve come to church today because you kept inviting me,” Sue Holland said to Wanda Hensley on a recent Sunday morning. Wanda had invited Sue several times and she didn’t come, but Wanda did not stop inviting her.  She kept inviting.

Sue came recently and brought her two young grandsons. She came back for the Sunday evening worship that night. When the invitation was extended, Sue went forward and asked for prayers for forgiveness of her sins. She hasn’t missed a service of the church since coming that first Sunday morning.

This writer heard Mid McKnight say during a gospel meeting, Luverne, AL years ago, that if someone had been inviting us to come to worship and we were lost and never went, on the day of judgment we would wish they had invited us just one more time.

May this serve as an encouragement for us to never stop inviting others to worship.

Teens knock doors in Alabama city

by Chad Dollahite, preacher in Childersburg, Ala.

Childersburg, Ala. (BNc) – Thirteen teens and four adults canvassed the city of Childersburg in door-knocking efforts July 19-21.

Chris Clevenger, associate evangelist of the Ironaton church in Talladega, Ala., led the group. This is the second campaign he has organized and conducted, and discussions are underway for other campaigns in Summer, 2011. Read more

Margie Overton dies

FLORENCE, Ala., (BNc) – Basil Overton’s precious wife Margie passed away during the night of May 20, 2010.

Visitation was today (Saturday) at the Stoney Point Church of Christ in Florence, Ala., from 1:00 – 3:00 with funeral following.

If you should wish to send a card to brother Overton, you may send it to 1330 Ridgely Drive, Anniston, AL 36207.

Our condolences to the Overton family in their loss.

Frederick W. Danker speaks at HCU

FLORENCE, Ala. (BNc) – The world’s foremost New Testament lexicographer spoke on the campus of Heritage Christian University.

Dr. Frederick W. Danker, reknowned classicist and lexicographer, spoke at the first annual Charles Coil Lecture Series Apr. 9, hosted by HCU’s Friends of the Overton Memorial Library.

Dr. Danker edited A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Christian Literature (3rd rev. ed., 2000) and authored The Concise Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (2009).

His lecture series, “Beyond Borders with St. Luke”, was attended by faculty, staff and students from HCU, Freed-Hardeman University, Amridge University and the University of North Alabama. Read more

Church meets at Fort Rucker

by George Merritt

FORT RUCKER, Ala. (BNc) – In the 68-year history of Fort Rucker, this is the first time churches of Christ have conducted worship on post. In fact, Christian families in the military say it is rare for our brotherhood to be so represented on military installations.

George Merritt, a long-time minister in Southeast Alabama, and CW4 James Baker have both been certified by the U. S. Army to lead the 1:30 p.m. worship each Sunday afternoon at Rucker’s historic Wings Chapel.

“We are targeting some 4,000 student soldiers here, especially those affiliated with the church of Christ,” says Merritt. Read more

Elder sews blankets for Amerindian babies

by Glenda Williams

SUMMERDALE, Ala. (BNc) — Ralph Adams, elder for eight years at the Summerdale church, Summerdale, Ala., is a maker of baby blankets.

“I heard Jerry Davidson say he needed baby blankets for Guyana. My wife had crocheted for years, and I asked Jerry if he needed cloth blankets and he said he did. I knew that was something I could do. I came from a family of four boys and our mother always sewed,” stated Adams.

He buys good quality sheets at yard sales for $2-3 dollars each, or at stores with good discounts. People also give him material they aren’t going to use. One bedroom is so full of material that they can’t use the bed, he said. Adams cuts the material into strips 4″ x 39″ and alternating prints, or prints with solids, sews them together for his finished blankets, 36″ x 42″ or 42″ x 48.”

“They don’t have to be exact, and all the same size,” Adams stated.

Sometimes he cuts out rectangles 5 ½” x 7 ½” and sews them together, so all the blankets won’t look the same.

When asked what kind of machine he has, he quickly replied, “Oh, I have five machines.” Read more

Ralph David Underwood dies at 81

FLORENCE, Ala., (BNc) — Ralph David Underwood, 81, of Florence, Ala., passed away Feb. 12. He was born in 1928 in Colbert County, Ala., to Robert and Elizabeth Underwood.

Underwood earned degrees from Freed-Hardeman College, Harding College and Harding Graduate School of Religion.

He began his preaching ministry at age 20. He ministered throughout the U.S. and held full-time preaching positions in Comanche, Okla., Germantown, Tenn., and Sheffield, Ala.

He served as a missionary throughout the Caribbean and in West Africa and served as an elder at Chisholm Hills Church of Christ in Florence, AL for 25 years. Underwood was also Professor of Bible at Heritage Christian University for 35 years. Read more

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