This week marks the 600th edition of the International News Bulletin, a free weekly bulletin distributed by Disciples Today to help connect disciples and churches around the world. Each week, a new template is created with the coming Sunday’s date. The template includes room for a church’s local news and announcements to provide both a global and local perspective.
For 12 years, Dave and Laura Witt of the Denver Church of Christ have designed and uploaded these bulletins each week. They met Roger Lamb, CEO of Disciples Today, at a conference in 2005, and heard of Roger’s idea to give churches the ability to have a bulletin provided for them. During a rebuilding time in the church’s history, Roger wanted a way to connect churches with worldwide good news.
“It’s so encouraging when someone immediately catches your vision, acts on it, and takes it higher,” said Roger. “The Witts have done this consistently with no fanfare for 12 years. They are incredible silent servants helping over 100 churches every week around the world. Our people are hungry for news from around the world, and this is a great way to give them global as well as local news. I hope other churches will take advantage of this service.”
“We’re grateful to be able to do it!” said Laura. “We can’t believe it’s been 12 years!”
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