The Christian Chronicle Podcast

Episode 34: At home with Muslim refugees from Afghanistan, the future of Christian journalism is now, and a congregation and its minister celebrate 50 years together (PLUS a post-credit Bible bowl bonus track)

Sept. 22, 2023

When Dan and Mary Huber (NorthWest Church of Christ) found out that thousands of Afghan refugees were coming to their city of San Antonio, Texas, they chose to extend extraordinary hospitality to their new neighbors. But they soon found themselves…

Episode 33: PIVOT: The Priorities, Practices, and Powers That Can Transform Your Church Culture (Scot McKnight and Laura Barringer)

Sept. 13, 2023

50:23

Scot McKnight and Laura Barringer, authors of the popular 2020 book, 'A Church Called Tov,' talk to us about their follow up book, 'PIVOT'. They answer questions about how congregations can tell if toxic traces taint their cultures, what it…

Episode 32: Must ministers be married? Out of prison and into pastoral care. A congregation that grows its own ministers.

Sept. 8, 2023

66:49

This episode picks up the "Sacred Calling" special series that covers the "minister shortage" among Church of Christ congregations in North America. We ask: Does a tradition that claims to believe in the "priesthood of all believers" (1 Peter 2:5)…

Episode 31: Harding University closing its Memphis campus; loving neighbors in the hardest neighborhood; faith nights at MLB ballparks

Aug. 30, 2023

65:3

For 65 years, Harding University's School of Theology in Memphis, Tennessee, has been a global hub of Bible and ministry education in the Church of Christ tradition, but the school announced that it is closing the campus and moving its…

Episode 30: Thirty-seven (37) baptisms on one college football team on one night! The rise of personal spiritual directors. Women in the church need women in the church.

Aug. 23, 2023

66:9

On August 7, 37 players on the Faulkner University football team gave their lives to Christ in baptism. Hear the story from coaches and a player who were there (in the water). Personal spiritual direction is emerging as a new…

Episode 29: The Sound of Freedom, 'Shark Tank' at a Ghanaian Christian college, a bus ride to reconciliation and justice

Aug. 17, 2023