‘Soul-winning’ evangelist Marvin Phillips dies at 86
Marvin Phillips, a minister known for his ever-present smile, a missionary who raised money to buy countless Bibles for Africa and the driving force behind…
Erik Tryggestad
Editor
Erik Tryggestad joined the staff of The Christian Chronicle in 2001 after working as a writer and assistant editor for the Savannah Morning News in Georgia. His favorite part of working for the Chronicle is covering international news. He’s a regular participant in mission trips abroad and has filed stories for the Chronicle from more than 65 nations. He became the Chronicle’s editor in December 2013.
Born in Falls Church, Va., he grew up in Macon, Ga., at the Southside Church of Christ (now Thomaston Road Church of Christ) and graduated from Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tenn., in 1996. He earned a master’s in journalism from the University of Georgia in 1999 and was a reporter for the Athens Daily News. He was an active member of the Georgia Christian Student Center at the Campus View Church of Christ and remains a die-hard fan of the Georgia Bulldogs.
Tryggestad is a deacon of the Memorial Road Church of Christ in Oklahoma City, where he met his wife, Jeanie. Dr. Jeanie Tryggestad is a pediatric endocrinologist and attending physician for the Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center. She’s also a frequent teacher of Bible classes for children. The Tryggestads have two daughters.
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To heal Africa, Part 3
Part 1: Dr. Bob and Annette Whittaker discuss the divine callings that brought them together Part 2: The Whittakers remember years of healing in Nigeria…
To heal Africa, Part 2
Part 1: Dr. Bob and Annette Whittaker discuss the divine callings that brought them together 'You could have easily died' At Nigerian Christian Hospital, Dr. Bob…
To heal Africa, Part 1
MATSAPHA, Swaziland — "If we can get Matsapha under control, we can control the nation.” Annette Whittaker points to a map on her smartphone as she…
In the midst of a teacher strike, Oklahoma teens deliver lunches to inner-city families
OKLAHOMA CITY — News helicopters circled the Oklahoma State Capitol on Tuesday as thousands of teachers squeezed into the rotunda, demanding more money for their…
Big C or little c?
Discussion of Churches of Christ in 2018 often boils down to a single letter. Many of the fellowship’s 1.4 million adherents in the U.S. prefer…
To speak with ‘a biblical vocabulary’
The Christian Chronicle uses the capitalized “Churches of Christ,” in keeping with the Associated Press’ style for news reporting. Some readers object to the practice,…
Defining ‘denomination’
In many ways, Churches of Christ conform to the dictionary definition of “denomination” — a religious organization whose congregations are united in their adherence to…
Church: A place to go or a way of living?
'I think ‘big C or little c?’ is an irrelevant argument on semantics,” said Freddie Lorick Jr., youth minister for the Palmetto Church of Christ…
‘Maybe we have all lost our focus’
For centuries, followers of Christ relied heavily on people in authority to tell them what God said, what they should believe and what they should…
