News — Chris Dewelt

A word from Chris When you move from an office and warehouse where you have been located for over 12 years, you find things. Such was the case in our very recent move to our new location at 1307 W 20th Street here in Joplin. We love our new space - and we found a couple of things in the process of moving. Something special that we found was two full sets of the Millennial Harbinger, the journal published by Alexander Campbell in the very early days of the Restoration Movement. It is a massive set of books, reprinted by...

Written by Chris DeWelt In 2015, the well-known and highly respected organization, Pew Research Center, released a landmark study titled: “The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050.” It is easily accessible on the Pew Foundation website, so take a look at this study and the many other excellent resources available.  Although it is a few years old, the Pew report indicates many things regarding the future of the church given the current trends and their estimation of where things are headed. Here are a few things that they see coming by the year 2050 along with my comments: The...

College Press Publishing Company is celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of the company’s existence, having been founded by Don DeWelt in 1959. Along with the company’s anniversary, College Press Publishing is pleased to announce that as of July 1, 2019, Chris DeWelt will be taking the role of President and Publisher of the company. After serving on the mission field in the country of Chile, Chris worked with his father, Don DeWelt, at College Press until Don went home to be with the Lord in 1991. Since that time, Chris has served with College Press in various capacities, but will now...