Survey: Five years after COVID-19 pandemic began, what’s changed?
As we approach the five-year anniversary of that week in March 2020 when COVID-19 began shutting down the world, The Christian Chronicle would like to…
Archive: Jan 2025
Editorial: Serving immigrants in the name of Jesus
Christians’ response to immigration — more specifically to immigrants — grows out of the biblical injunction to welcome the stranger, feed the hungry, protect the…
Christian heroes empower racial justice in the church
Writings on historical racial justice figures are accessible, but in “The Spirit of Justice: True Stories of Faith, Race, and Resistance,” Jemar Tisby provides a survey…
Pepperdine awarded $7.5 million grant to support rural ministry
MALIBU, CALIF. — Pepperdine University has received a $7.5 million grant through the Lilly Endowment Inc.’s Ministry in Rural Areas and Small Towns Initiative. The…
Across the Nation: A cappella awards, a fundraiser for Haiti and more quick takes
Across the Nation is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ across the U.S. Got an idea for this…
Giants of faith
Andrew Hairston and James O. Maxwell both died Jan. 14, just as The Christian Chronicle was going to press. For those looking for the online…
James O. Maxwell, influential preacher, educator and advocate for racial unity, dies at 86
TERRELL, TEXAS — In 1957, a young man named James O. Maxwell enrolled at Southwestern Christian College, about 30 miles east of Dallas. Maxwell’s time…
Editor reflects on James O. Maxwell’s life and legacy
TERRELL, TEXAS — I loved James O. Maxwell. The influential preacher, educator and author — who died Jan. 14 at age 86 — was such a…
Super Bowl champion baptized at 80
FARRIS, OKLA. — Winning the Super Bowl couldn’t be any better than what Carl McAdams experienced this weekend. McAdams can attest to that. He played defensive…
Doggone it, but a few readers bark over idea of pets in heaven
Who let the dogs out? Come to think of it, I guess I did. I asked in a recent column — inspired by the adorableness…
