Speaking Up on the Issue of Race in America
Editor's note: This is one of two letters recently submitted to The Christian Chronicle regarding race relations in our country. The letters are printed here…
Dialogue
An open letter to members of the Churches of Christ
Editor's note: This is one of two letters recently submitted to The Christian Chronicle regarding race relations in our country. The letters are printed here…
Thoughts on one-cup congregations
In the July issue of The Christian Chronicle, a brother in Christ affirmed that he and some 500 congregations among us cannot have full fellowship…
‘Cast out fear with perfect love’
Eleni Melirrytos is all about hospitality. A gifted cook and hostess extraordinaire, the longtime Christian in the historic city of Athens, Greece, teaches classes for fellow believers on the…
‘No such thing as individual communion’
Brett Hickey preaches for a church that finds unity in one loaf and one cup. Hickey, who began his career in 1992 with the Cross…
No shoes to fill, but steps to follow
For Arnelious Crenshaw, the time has come to pass the baton. The beloved minister, who has preached for the Northeast Church of Christ in Oklahoma…
Spiritual grandparenting at its best
The calamity of Ephraim’s children, as detailed in Psalm 78, is something John Roberto prays to avoid: “The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows,…
‘Leaving is just not an option’
Gerd Fecht’s road to ministry in tiny St. Louis, Okla., began in another small town nearly 5,000 miles away — named, oddly enough, Saarlouis. Fecht…
Why some church elders have trouble making decisions
DALLAS — The church doctors are in. Actually, Jon Mullican and Grady King — co-leaders of Texas-based Hope Network Ministries — prefer to think of…
‘As long as you have breath in your body’
Wanda Kennedy is a mother many times over. The 46-year-old Christian assists in the spiritual formation of no fewer than 50 young women in her…
