Episode 34: At home with Muslim refugees from Afghanistan, the future of Christian journalism is now, and a congregation and its minister celebrate 50 years together (PLUS a post-credit Bible bowl bonus track)

When Dan and Mary Huber (NorthWest Church of Christ) found out that thousands of Afghan refugees were coming to their city of San Antonio, Texas, they chose to extend extraordinary hospitality to their new neighbors. But they soon found themselves to be not the hosts, but the honored guests of their new Afghan friends. What happens when Christians and Muslims from different cultures and faiths gather around common tables? From the online and print edition story by Bobby Ross, Jr.

The Christian Chronicle's 2023 summer intern, Tiane Davis, a senior journalism major at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, gives her take on the future of how Christians receive their news and what information and stories young Christians like her seek.

This October, the Airport Road Church of Christ in Carson City, Nevada, and its minister, Bruce Henderson, will celebrate 50 years together. Bruce shares the lessons he's learned from five decades ministering to the same congregation and what could possibly be next after such a long time. From the online and print edition story by Tiane Davis.

Plus a Bible bowl bonus segment post credits. 

Segment One: At home with Afghan refugees (Dan and Mary Huber, NorthWest Church of Christ, San Antonio, Texas) 

Link to Bobby Ross Jr.’s Christian Chronicle report on what Dan and Mary Huber and the NorthWest Church of Christ are doing among Afghan refugees in San Antonio, Texas

Link to NorthWest Church of Christ in San Antonio, Texas

Link to Center for Refugee Services, San Antonio, Texas

Segment Two: The future of Christian journalism is now (Tiane Davis, Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas)

Link to Tiane Davis’s reports and stories from her summer at The Christian Chronicle

Link to The Bison, the Harding University student newspaper where Tiane Davis is editor

Link to chart of news media bias and reliability by source (referenced by Tiane in her interview)

Segment Three: A congregation and its minister celebrate 50 years together (Bruce Henderson, Airport Road Church of Christ, Carson City, Nevada) 

Note: Tiane Davis’s Christian Chronicle story about Bruce Henderson and the Airport Road Church of Christ is not yet live at christianchronicle.org. We will post the link when it becomes available.  

Link to Airport Road Church of Christ in Carson City, Nevada

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