‘Struggle for the Soul of Churches of Christ’
‘A Wild Democracy: The Struggle for the Soul of Churches of Christ, 1889–1939” is the first of three volumes on the history of Churches of…
Archive: Oct 2026
Leaders need leaders
CAMPBELL, CALIF. — Whether you’re CEO of a Fortune 500 company, elder or minister in a local church or head coach of your child’s travel…
Celebrating an Alabama church’s 200-year legacy
MOULTON, ALA. — Two hundred years ago, evangelist Benjamin F. Hall planted a congregation of the Lord’s church in this rural Alabama town. Maybe. The…
Shout to the Lord — and splash on the water slides
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — For a family with children, a vacation at the Great Wolf Lodge indoor water park resort can cost thousands of dollars. That’s a…
Nor’easter can’t drive revival away
WEST BALTIMORE, MD. — Baltimore Police patrolling from the sky and the ground were just background noise as Davis Worley, minister of the Sandtown Church…
We traveled to three states to report on church mergers: Here’s what we learned
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Pennsylvania. Oklahoma. And now, South Dakota. For the “Reunited” series, The Christian Chronicle traveled to three locations — a 3,400-mile triangle on…
‘Oh no, that’s never happening’
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Two brothers-in-law. Two ministers of the Gospel. Two split congregations. The story behind the Sioux Falls Church of Christ — a thriving…
Inside America’s debate over Muslims
DEARBORN, MICH. — On the 25th anniversary of 9/11 last month, I found myself in this Detroit suburb. I came to work on a story…
How a Michigan church embraces its Muslim neighbors
DEARBORN, MICH. — An anti-Islam rally promoted as a “Christian Crusader March” drew hundreds of demonstrators and counterdemonstrators to this majority Arab American city of…
A marriage as pretty as a picture
OKLAHOMA CITY — They say the first 70 years of marriage are the toughest. So I’m really glad to see my friends Clyde and Gwen…
