A new day for Puerto Rico
ARECIBO, Puerto Rico — Punishing, back-to-back hurricanes that wrecked this U.S. territory nearly a year ago swept away homes, decimated crops, knocked out electrical systems…
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‘We do not go to church anymore’
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — ‘I don’t know how they can ever fire me now,” Joey Spann said of his church. “I mean, how could they tell me I…
‘God knows I needed you’
Pam Smith wants her husband and her son, both lost in the Missouri duck boat tragedy, to be remembered "for their Christian walk." The grieving…
Church of Christ in Indiana mourns member who died in duck boat tragedy
For members of the Kingsley Terrace Church of Christ, Irvin Raymond Coleman often was the first face they saw as they arrived for worship. "Every…
Church deacon and his son among victims of duck boat tragedy (Updated)
UPDATE: Another member of a Church of Christ perished in the duck boat tragedy. Ray Coleman, 76, an usher for the Kingsley Terrace Church of…
Ministries helping — but more needed — after major flood in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley
Disaster relief organizations associated with Churches of Christ are helping after heavy rains brought an estimated $100 million in flooding damages to Texas’ Rio Grande…
In the midst of war, great optimism
Thumbing through the first issue of The Christian Chronicle, dated June 2, 1943, it’s hard to tell that America was fighting a massive war in…
Across the Nation: New Jersey baby boom, Texas church fire and more quick takes
Across the Nation is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ across the U.S. Got an idea for this…
‘The Missionary who Stayed Home’
With unbridled enthusiasm, Olan Hicks launched into the first front-page news story in The Christian Chronicle, a brand-new publication for Churches of Christ dated June…
Fifty years after historic meeting, race still divides Churches of Christ
In the summer of tumultuous 1968, more than 40 prominent black and white ministers gathered to discuss ways to improve race relations in Churches of…
