A question of news: Global coronavirus pandemic is BIG, but exactly how big?
In my 30-year journalism career, I’ve covered more major news than I can recall. In most cases, I’ve experienced an adrenaline rush as I set…
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Kentucky church urged to self-quarantine after attendee tests positive for COVID-19
The University Church of Christ in Murray, Ky., is urging 150 people who showed up for last Sunday's worship to self-quarantine after an attendee tested…
Churches of Christ offering livestream worship
Yes, COVID-19 has most of us homebound on Sunday morning. But fear not! We have LOTS of online options. The Christian Chronicle asked readers to…
Christian Chronicle again named top newspaper by Associated Church Press
For the seventh time, The Christian Chronicle has earned recognition as the top newspaper in the annual "Best of the Church Press" contest, sponsored by…
Scenes from a pandemic
In these unprecedented times I thought it might be interesting to see how Churches of Christ around the world are going about the task of…
Lads to Leaders will cancel conventions for the first time in its history
For the first time in its history, Lads to Leaders will not host its annual conventions. The 52-year old ministry training program, associated with Churches…
The humble faith of Jerry Mitchell, an American hero
Jerry Mitchell is an American hero — a humble one at that. The Mississippi newspaperman’s courageous journalism helped send four Ku Klux Klan members to…
How Churches of Christ responded when the 1918 ‘Spanish flu’ killed millions
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nashville saw its first case of the “Spanish flu” in late September 1918. By November, 1,300 had died — 1 percent of…
Coronavirus pandemic prompts numerous Churches of Christ to cancel Sunday assemblies
COVID-19 has made one thing clear, if it was not already: The church is not a building. Amid concerns over the spread of the coronavirus,…
‘Forsaking the assembly?’
Ministers around the globe are preaching sermons to empty rooms. But for once, this has nothing to do with declining church attendance. Using videoconferencing software…
