One of two agents with the FBI’s elite hostage rescue team killed on a counterterorrism training exercise Friday was a member of the Three Chopt Church of Christ in suburan Richmond, Va., NBCWashington.com reports. Minister Bob Odle said agent Christopher Lorek, 41, and his family came to the congregation about six years ago.

In this video, Ben Glover, minister for the Oakcrest Church of Christ in Oklahoma City, discusses the church’s tornado relief efforts with Fox News.

Churches of Christ and associated disaster relief ministries are mobilizing forces after a massive tornado devastated the south Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, Okla., this afternoon. The twister destroyed a school and has killed at least 24 people and left many more homeless, according to news reports..The Oakcrest Church of Christ in southwest Oklahoma City is giving shelter to storm victims.

About 4 p.m., tornado sirens blared and television reporters started naming the streets of our neighborhood in the path of a mesocyclone — a weather system likely to birth funnel clouds. Church members put bicycle helmets on their children and made the short drive to Oklahoma Christian University, where we gathered in a low-lying lecture hall and watched news reports.

Christians and fellow preachers placed garlands of fragrant, tropical flowers and brightly colored shawls around the neck of Paul Subhan, wishing the longtime minister well on his upcoming journey. None of them realized, however, that this would be his final journey — or that they’d be saying goodbye for the last time. Subhan, who dedicated much of his adult life to spreading the Gospel in his native India, died May 15 of an apparent heart attack. He was 75.

On the island of Madagascar, a small group of Christian youths want to tell the world about their friend, Andry — a strong-willed believer who needs kidney dialysis to live. The youths all grew up at Betikara, a children’s home supported by Churches of Christ.

All members of the Granbury Church of Christ in Texas survived Wednesday night’s killer storm unscathed, a church spokeswoman said. Church leaders were meeting this morning to determine how to respond to the community’s needs. Two hundred meals prepared by Disaster Assistance CoC, a mobile feeding ministry sponsored by the Lake Jackson Church of Christ in Texas, were on their way this morning to the Westhill Church of Christ in Cleburne, Texas, another community damaged by a tornado.

“Notorious,” “flamboyant” and “swindler” are among the terms appearing in headlines across the nation, announcing the May 14 death of Billie Sol Estes. The 88-year-old West Texas businessman and financier — a longtime member of Churches of Christ — made headlines throughout his adult life. Most of them were negative, due to fraud charges that sent him to jail three times.

Rochester College in Michigan has named John Tyson, president and CEO of Abilene Christian Schools in Texas, as its ninth president. Tyson will succeed Rubel Shelly, who announced plans late last year to step down. The Christian college, which is associated with Churches of Christ, reports on its website that Tyson’s selection concluded a nationwide search.

I was in the Philippines thanks to Bread for a Hungry World, a Christian ministry that partners with Give A Goat and Shepherds Hill International — two other ministries that comprise the foundation of the work at Arapal Christian Camp. Every year Bobby Moore, Bread’s director, leads a mission team from Southwest Christian School in Fort Worth to one of the locales where Bread works. When I heard he was headed for the Philippines this year, I asked him to bring me along.