One week from the U.S. presidential election, Churches of Christ are hosting nonpartisan prayer events for people before they head to the polls (or after, if they live in a state with early voting). In Huntsville, Ala., the Mayfair Church of Christ will host a prayer service at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, al.com reports.

Christians in the New York City area report “calm before the storm” as Hurricane Sandy heads their way. The Category 1 hurricane is expected to combine with a cold front, spawning a “superstorm” that will bring wind, flooding, power outages and widespread damage across the Eastern seaboard, CNN reports.

Joe Cannon, a longtime missionary to countries including Japan, Papua New Guinea and Ukraine, died Oct. 25. He was a member of the Highland Church of Christ in Cordova, Tenn.

Counting Churches of Christ in Africa is exceedingly difficult. Between 2009 and 2010, the vast continent surpassed 1 billion souls, according to population researchers. Churches of Christ have flourished across the continent in the past century. Some have more than 1,000 members and meet in grand auditoriums. Others have 20 members who meet under the shade of a mango tree.

Understandably, we have received responses to the stories as they appeared in the November print issue. Statements in our front-page story led some readers to believe that we were linking the protests against the film to the death of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens in Libya, and a statement in the editorial made a direct link between the two. Recent news reports indicate that the death of Stevens was the result of a terrorist attack that was not connected to the demonstrations. We have corrected the references in the story and editorial and sincerely apologize for the error.

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Acappella is one of five finalists competing for online votes to get the chance to perform with Lady Antebellum in a special December event in Nashville, Tenn.

Craig Bowman really digs Israel. The professor of Old Testament at Rochester College, an institution in Rochester Hills, Mich., associated with Churches of Christ, hopes to return to the Middle Eastern nation with students, where they will study an archaeological site near the Dead Sea.

Reporter Neil Genzlinger visited the White’s Ferry Road Church of Christ in West Monroe, La., on a recent Sunday to get a glimpse of the Robertsons — stars of the A&E reality hit “Duck Dynasty” — for a piece in the Television section of the New York Times.

Reba Temple, a Centerville, Tenn., resident, died at Saint Thomas Hospital on Saturday (Oct. 6), and her brother confirmed that her death is thought to be a result of contaminated steroid injections.