Baptism, betrayal and a lifelong quest for truth
Joy and sadness, love and hate, peace and turmoil, relief and anxiety, excitement and depression. All of these were emotions I experienced late one Wednesday…
Big Questions
Churches need grace, tact, sensibility
Erma Williams was one of 645 respondents to The Christian Chronicle’s survey, “A closer look at Churches of Christ in the U.S.” We found her…
‘Of Christ’
TULSA, Okla. — You gotta have a nice sign. You just gotta. So we’ll set it in stone, pick out the perfect font. We’ll put a…
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…
What is a Church of Christ?
'It should be love.” That was Jeff Cash’s answer to the question, “What would you say defines a Church of Christ?” Cash, an American missionary…
Big Questions: About this series
In the United States, Churches of Christ are declining. Every three years, 21st Century Christian publishes the directory "Churches of Christ in the United States."…
