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225 years ago, a revival gave birth to a movement
BOURBON COUNTY, KY. — By the thousands, the believers came — Baptists, Methodists and Presbyterians among them. In covered wagons and carriages, pioneer settlers traveled to…
September 2026
View as PDF225 years ago, a revival gave birth to a movement • Inside Story: America at 250 • Family friends celebrate the legacy of Jim McGuiggan • An educational mission field • Why two Oklahoma churches reunited • ‘A Scout is Reverent’ • The view from the Summit • Churches rethink senior ministry • A language of love • Bombs and baptisms: Amid deadly missile strikes, Ukrainians celebrate new life • Insight: Crashing a funeral while in Vietnam • A voice tested by faith • Christian yoga: ‘It’s spiritually filling’ • Review: The church — a model of new creation • Editorial: Why Cane Ridge still matters
In this issue:
Inside Story
America at 250: 1976 bicentennial mixed faith and fireworks
PHILADELPHIA — My 7-year-old grandson, Bennett, donned a red, white and blue top hat like Uncle Sam. He grinned as he posed for a picture…
National
Family, friends celebrate the legacy of Jim McGuiggan
The first time Jase Robertson heard Jim McGuiggan preach, “I couldn’t understand a word he was saying,” said Robertson, star of the reality TV show…
National
In rural Idaho, BFFs transform a greenhouse into a thriving Christian school
NAPLES, IDAHO — An eye-catching sign featuring a Christian school’s Rams mascot greets logging trucks along heavily traveled U.S. 95, about 40 miles south of…
National
Why two churches came back together after six decades apart
DURANT, OKLA. — Just off U.S. 69/75 beside a Choctaw Travel Plaza billboard, nearly 500 Christians gather in a multipurpose room filled with four-legged cushioned chairs.…
National
‘A Scout is Reverent’
GLEN JEAN, W.VA. — Just steps away from a climbing wall at the Summit Bechtel Reserve, 179 Scouts and Scouters gathered on Sunday morning for…
Views
The view from the Summit
GLEN JEAN, W.VA. — Since I was 6 years old, Scouting has been a cornerstone of my life. Alongside honing skills like knot tying and…
National
How churches are rethinking senior ministry
BRENTWOOD, TENN. — “I’m part of the irrelevance.” Those words, from an older adult at the Harpeth Hills Church of Christ, south of Nashville, stopped…
National
Across the Nation: An Arkansas church revitalization, baptisms at ACU football camp and more quick takes
Across the Nation is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ across the U.S. Got an idea for this…
International
Changing verb tenses — and lives
CAN THO, VIETNAM — A chance encounter resulted in her husband’s death. Four decades later, another chance meeting led to her granddaughter’s rebirth — and…
International
Bombs and baptisms
It was just another Tuesday in Ukraine. As Russian missile strikes rained down across the besieged nation in Eastern Europe, Churches of Christ kept preaching,…
International
Around the World: A gospel meeting in Canada, a book tour in Croatia and more quick takes
Around the World is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ all over the globe. Got an idea for…
Insight
Crashing a funeral in Vietnam
CAN THO, VIETNAM — Suppose you were expecting a visitor you’ve never met from a faraway country. And suppose that, just before this person showed…
People
A voice tested by faith
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Mark Adams stood in his office at the Tusculum Church of Christ, quietly rehearsing vocal exercises as worship hymns echoed from the…
National
Christian yoga: ‘It’s spiritually filling’
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Many Christians know the routine. Church service ends, and it’s time to visit, but really there’s not much time to visit.…
Reviews
The church — a model of new creation
At Crowley’s Ridge College in Paragould, Ark., where I teach history, we begin each class with a verse of the day to encourage students and…
Editorial
Editorial: Why the Cane Ridge Revival still matters
'Church of Christ. Established A.D. 33.” Most of us have seen such a sign outside a building where the Lord’s church meets. We know what…