Editorial: What Restoration means to us
Churches of Christ are not meant to be a denomination — and “Church of Christ” isn’t meant to be a sectarian name, as ministers noted…
Restoration movement
A ‘divine name’?
MONTGOMERY, ALA. — Sectarian label or divine ownership? What does it mean to be called Churches of Christ? “That divine name identifies that sacred relationship…
‘The Spiritual Discipline of Confession’
Recent years have witnessed a surge of insightful new works on the history of Churches of Christ, including several aimed at a general readership within…
Why I attended ReMission
‘We moved from ‘We’re the only ones going to heaven’ to ‘No one’s going to hell.’ When we made that move, we lost our mission.”…
Preserving Alabama’s oldest Church of Christ
MOORESVILLE, ALA. — For one Lord’s Day, a small white-clapboard church building became a refuge of peace and unity amid the Civil War. Union and…
‘We lost our mission’
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — The vision for ReMission started small. Eager to lead souls to Jesus and refocus Christians’ hearts and minds on that mission,…
The road to ReMission
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — Jeremie Beller is my designated driver. No, I don’t drink. But when we travel to events such as the recent ReMission…
Why counting the sheep is so difficult
The parable of the lost sheep wasn’t written about church directories. Researchers counting the number of congregations and members of Churches of Christ in the…
Editorial: The spirit of restoration
The heartbeat of the American Restoration Movement is propelled by two core beliefs: First, that Jesus is serious about unity; and second, that true unity…
‘We don’t have to settle for divide’
ATLANTA — Hundreds of Christians came to Atlanta seeking true unity — not through platitudes but deep discussions about who belongs to the body of…
