Sharing Christ’s love outside church walls
Davida Baker remembers the day her bubble burst, so to speak.Her son, an eighth-grader at Greater Atlanta Christian School in Norcross, Ga., was assigned to…
Editorial
Serving teens, loving prodigals
"Weary prodigal come.” The classic song of invitation — urging those who have “wandered so far” from God’s presence to return — may have even…
The Chronicle says ‘thank you’
All of us at The Christian Chronicle, staff and trustees, want to take this opportunity to say “thank you” for your continuing personal and financial…
Make teen ministry intentional
Think for a moment about the youth group at your congregation, that group of teenage girls who seem so inseparable or the boys with the…
Giving respect, honor to leaders
Suppose the apostle Paul were living in America today. If he had just witnessed the swearing-in of a new president and heard Christ’s followers discuss…
Addressing a crisis of empty pulpits
In some parts of the world, a preacher shortage is something to celebrate. Across Africa and Latin America, for example, people are being baptized at…
In uncertain times, we must trust certainty of God’s care
We hardly need reminders of the uncertainty of life these days. So much is happening: the economy, wars, new leadership in Washington. These and other…
Don’t give up on Northeast, Northwest
Last month The Christian Chronicle listed nations in Africa, Europe, Asia and South America with few or no Churches of Christ — nations in desperate…
Rejoicing in the economics of hope
Churches of Christ, awake!” E.H. Ijams wrote those words in The Gospel Advocate in 1931. As America faced the Great Depression, the Nashville, Tenn., minister…
Praising God for lives of service
Church members feed and house families escaping a hurricane. A mother of four donates a kidney to a sister in Christ. Teens fast and pray…
