Top online stories of 2006 show range of emotions, events in Churches of Christ
You’ve clicked and scrolled, read and voted. And we’ve kept track. The top Web-read stories of the year at www.christianchronicle.org may surprise you. The events…
Top Stories
Longtime member shot and killed outside Texas church
Alveda Edwards spotted her estranged husband, Tommy Edwards Jr. while walking into the Greenville Avenue church just before worship on Sunday. She wasn't planning to…
As teens flock to MySpace, parents exposed to potential perils
A teenager named Abby loves MySpace.com, a social networking Web site that lets her — and its roughly 100 million other users — stay in…
Unity discussion takes center stage at Freed-Hardeman
HENDERSON, TENN. — In a year of high-profile events advocating closer ties between a cappella Churches of Christ and instrumental Christian Churches, speakers from both…
Eulogizing a legend: Thousands pay tribute to Byron Nelson at memorial service
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS — In death at age 94, golf legend Byron Nelson finally claimed the one prize he sought more than any other,…
Kentucky church members killed in crash of Comair Flight 5191
Bobbie Benton was thrilled when Clark, her husband of 30 years, arranged a special surprise for her 50th birthday — a trip to Aruba. The…
Faces of Katrina: victims and volunteers
They are brothers and sisters in Christ, working to help rebuild and spread God's word in the wake of the nation's worst natural disaster. They…
Faith amid the storm: The anniversary of Katrina
PEARLINGTON, MISS. — Before Hurricane Katrina, few people in this swampland fishing community had ever heard of the Churches of Christ. But after the nation's…
Missouri couple escape armed gunmen after hijacking on Honduras mission trip
“They were going to shoot us.” Kathleen Reiboldt was certain of it. The mother of three and grandmother of seven faced a group of armed…
At 100-year anniversary of split, ministers exchange Bibles at convention
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Jeff Walling blinked back tears as he held out his worn personal Bible — the one his 89-year-old mother, Mildred, gave him…
