The story that started with a ride to church
FAIRFAX, Va. — Readers often ask where The Christian Chronicle gets its story ideas. The totally honest answer: All over the place. Ideas arrive via text…
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Faith through hearing — and signing — the Word
FAIRFAX, Va. — Sunday morning at the Fairfax Church of Christ finds elder Dennis Cesone and his wife, Cindi, in the foyer, greeting and encouraging…
Making Jesus more accessible
RALEIGH, N.C. — Laughter filled the Brooks Avenue Church of Christ on a recent Sunday as Melissa Woodhouse approached the stage, intent on helping lead…
Have we had enough?
ALLEN, Texas — I was home in Oklahoma City watching a Texas Rangers game Saturday night when I saw an update on the death toll…
War at home: Former Army officer aids Texas massacre victims, seeks God’s healing
ALLEN, Texas — A female in the bushes still felt warm, but she had no pulse. “There was no face,” Steven Spainhouer told The Christian…
Prayer and protest: Nation’s latest mass shooting highlights competing messages
ALLEN, Texas — “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” That passage from Psalm 34:18 was offered…
‘God, we come with broken hearts’
ALLEN, Texas — In America, mass shootings keep happening. The bloodshed has ravaged churches, schools, homes, offices and — just this weekend — a crowded…
Church Planting Sunday: A national call to action
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — With membership shrinking, churches closing and preachers in short supply, how do Churches of Christ grow again? It’s not a new question,…
Leadership events draw thousands
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — From grades 2 to 12, Jonathan Chapman participated in Lads to Leaders at his church in Germantown, Tenn. “It taught me so…
Harding students balance tornado relief, final exams
In a tough month for many communities facing storm devastation, Churches of Christ and their disaster relief organizations stayed busy. But those organizations weren’t the…
