Missionaries warn of ‘Bibles for Muslim world’ scam
It seemed too good to be true ? the chance to deliver thousands of Bibles into the Middle Eastern nation of Libya through soldiers in…
Archive: Feb 2006
Ministers, church members respond to rising popularity of Internet matchmaking
From selectivity to safety, those on both sides of Christian matchmaking endeavors speak to key points of meeting potential mates online. By Erik Tryggestad The…
Scenes from a sending church
The missionaries? They're the ones in yellow, a member of the Austin Avenue church said with a laugh. By Erik Tryggestad The Christian Chronicle February…
Year of disasters brought good, bad to medical missions
DALLAS, TX — Contributions may be down, but the rosters are full as medical missions prepare to send teams around the globe in 2006. From…
Singles: A love-hate relationship with online dating
INTERNET MATCHMAKING IS POSSIBLE, church members say, and Christian sites are helping. But the stigma of cyberspace relationships can be hard to overcome. They met…
Meditation: To understand ‘Take my yoke upon you and learn from me’
After years of ranting about the importance of meditation, I have resolved that several times this year I am going to share meditations on familiar…
Letters to the editor: February 2006
Question of ‘code’ language Dr. McBride's Opinion-Personal article of December 1 expresses pleasure that the church "after decades of a legalistic approach to Scripture," now…
Church prays for minister as he preaches to fellow prisioners in St. Martin
A minister on the island of St. Martin, jailed for reasons unclear to his church and supporters, is using the opportunity to preach the gospel…
In 2006, let us be good listeners
In this issue, the Chronicle devotes a Page 1 story and the four-page Currents section to events and discussion related to the 2006 centennial of…
Obituaries: February 2006
Edwin Bilger Jr., 80, died Dec. 25. He was a police officer in Fort Worth, Texas, for 30 years and was the first fire chief…
