In the News ... "Minister leads effort to reunite churches"

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• 'Grace changes our orientation of why we serve God,’ he says

By Bob Campbell, Reporter
Odessa American

ODESSA, TEXAS - Housed in the old Odessa Country Club complex for the past 10 years, New Life Church is making progress with its mission to help reunite the Churches of Christ and Disciples of Christ (Christian Church), who split in 1906 over the use of instrumental music and other issues.

Senior Pastor Tim Halstead averages preaching to 240 people in the 7184 Club Dr. church’s 10 a.m. Sunday services, and he says New Life’s emphasis on grace is its foundation. Starting Sept. 20, the service times will change to 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. ...

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