From global justice champion to Christian university president
MALIBU, Calif. — A few hours after Jim Gash’s inauguration this fall as Pepperdine University’s eighth president, his wife, Joline, showed up at her husband’s…
Partners
It’s time to talk about predators in the church
SEARCY, Ark. — The predator repented. Or so he claimed. He’d done his time and confessed his sins. He was a changed man. Or so he…
Guilty and forgiven
SEARCY, Ark. — A stunned silence fell over the daily chapel service at Harding University, where police shooting victim Botham Shem Jean, 26, earned his…
Church members meet with Ukrainian president
Christians who have dedicated their lives to serving orphans and at-risk children had the ear of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday. Andrew and Jenny…
Botham Jean’s alma mater pauses to remember, pray after Amber Guyger’s murder conviction
SEARCY, Ark. — Harding University was special to Botham Jean, a 2016 graduate known for his singing voice and dedication to his faith. Likewise, Jean…
Scot McKnight: ‘Our narrative has been captured’
OKLAHOMA CITY — In the midst of an impeachment inquiry, heated debates about climate change and all of the angry social media posts that are…
Partners, October 2019
Featured photo (above): Students pose by the new sign at what is now Rochester University in Rochester Hills, Mich. The fall semester brought the change…
Ten Christian Chronicle stories for church leaders to read
As requested by Jim Martin, vice president of Harding School of Theology in Memphis, Tenn., here are 10 of my Christian Chronicle stories that I'd…
Bible Bowling: Getting ‘Lost?’ in Luke’s gospel
Easter weekend is a long way off, but it’s never too early to start prepping for the Lads to Leaders and Leadership Training for Christ…
Cliff Ganus, former Harding president, longtime preacher and globe trekker, dies at 97
His passport looked like a pocket-size New Testament, thick with additional, sewn-in pages filled with stamps from around the globe. “I’ve been to 115 countries.…
