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…
Who Are We
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…
Small churches find right fit at Equip
YORK, NEB. — To prepare for a panel discussion on small-town and rural Churches of Christ, minister Jason Zaiger reached out to more than 20…
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.”…
Editorial: Why counting the sheep matters
In church life as in much of life, we owe a lot to the scholars and researchers whose eyes light up over obscure factoids or…
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…
Special project: Who Are We?
In the “Who Are We?” series, The Christian Chronicle is exploring the identity of Churches of Christ. Find links to all the stories and related…
