International
‘God doesn’t live here anymore’
NAZARETH, ISRAEL — Speeding across the Jezreel Valley toward Jerusalem, Sandro Jadon tapped his fingers against the steering wheel in time with the big band…
September 2024
View as PDF‘God doesn’t live here anymore’ • Culture warrior, MAGA champion, Church of Christ member: Who is Ryan Walters? • Church Research Council formed to renew Churches of Christ directory • Kingdom over country • Is this church plant innovative or unscriptural? • ‘The home gave me my faith’ • A broken leg brings forth angels in Southeast Asia • Embracing the zeroes: When age has its privileges — and when it doesn’t • Editorial: Reporting on controversies
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National
Kingdom over country
2024 marks the first time Carlos Estrada, minister for the Spanish-speaking cohort of Chicago’s Northwest Church of Christ, gets to cast his vote as an…
National
Culture warrior, MAGA champion, Church of Christ member: Who is Ryan Walters?
OKLAHOMA CITY — Ryan Walters wasn’t always known as Oklahoma’s culture-warrior-in-chief. Neither was the 39-year-old Republican always a high-profile MAGA champion, denouncing liberal indoctrination; illegal…
Features
‘The home gave me my faith’
WICHITA, KAN. — At just 5 years old, Shirley Baldridge Porch understood hardship. She spent the first years of her life playing on a dirt floor. …
National
Is this church plant innovative or unscriptural?
HERMITAGE, TENN. — The New Garden Church is not a traditional Church of Christ. Then again, it's not trying to be. The church plant — which…
National
Church Research Council formed to renew Churches of Christ directory
Are Churches of Christ declining in the United States? “That’s probably true,” said David Kneip, “but the evidence is largely anecdotal. We hear more about…
National
New roles for advertising department: Chronicle moves to a two-person team
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Christian Chronicle has a new A-team. Connie Penick and Christi Roméo have combined talents to form the Chronicle’s new advertising team.…
National
Across the Nation: Serving up blessings, preparing young ministers 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…
International
Around the World: Fighting leprosy, hurricane relief and more quick takes
Around the World is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ all over the globe. Got an idea for…
Insight
A broken leg brings forth angels in Southeast Asia
SEREMBAN, MALAYSIA — “Hospitality” sometimes includes a trip to the hospital. I learned that much during my visit to this Southeast Asian city, about an…
Inside Story
Meet the suddenly most quotable minister in Minnesota
RICHFIELD, MINN. — Nebraska. Tennessee. Minnesota. I keep running into Ethan Bilbrey … and I keep quoting him in The Christian Chronicle. The funny thing…
Views
Thinking about politics
Recent political events show that the 2024 election season will be anything but boring. Social media is flooded with political opinions, and church conversations often…
Opinion
Embracing the zeroes: When age has its privileges — and when it doesn’t
Americans devote a lot of air and ink to debating the age of presidential candidates — and how old is too old. Approximate octogenarians dominate…
Reviews
A reminder of the value of uplifting voices
Memoirs have influenced Christianity from its beginnings. From “Confessions” by Augustine of Hippo in the fifth century to “Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners”…
Editorial
Reporting on controversies
I know a little about Churches of Christ. I was two weeks old when I first attended. Except for the crazy COVID-19 period, I’ve spent…