January 12, 2023

Our Top Stories

‘It’s the same Jesus’

After a three-year pandemic delay, a unity service brings together Christians who worship in English, Korean and Spanish.

Bobby Ross Jr. reports from Chicago with photos by Audrey Jackson.

Channels

Christian Chronicle launches a weekly podcast

New audio endeavor delves into the headlines and the stories behind them.

Audrey Jackson has the scoop.

Channels

Christian Chronicle now on TikTok

Join us by becoming a contributor to our new short-form videos initiative.

Calvin Cockrell shares the details.

National

Fired professor sues Oklahoma Christian University

The university, which is associated with Churches of Christ, declares that it’s “confident in our legal position.”

Read the full story Cheryl Mann Bacon.

Partners

Pepperdine University receives $1 million grant for preacher training

The Indiana-based Lilly Endowment has awarded Pepperdine a $1 million grant to join its Compelling Preaching Initiative.

Read the full report.

Obituaries

Richard Rose, a preacher, gospel singer and protege of Marshall Keeble, dies at 76

A native of Atlanta, Rose attended public schools in Detroit before beginning his training at the Nashville Christian Institute — which educated Black primary and secondary students from Churches of Christ from the 1940s to the late ’60s — at 13.

Read the full obituary.

National

Women earn unique master’s in ministry behind Tennessee prison bars

Lipscomb’s LIFE Program is “the only seminary degree offered in a women’s prison in the country.”

Ted Parks reports from Nashville, Tenn.

Opinion

A new title for ‘Brenton?’ Maybe not

Christian Chronicle celebrates two years of our print edition cartoon … with little fanfare.

Erik Tryggestad explains.

International

‘I won’t leave them, too’

Despite the missiles that fall on a daily basis in eastern Ukraine, a Christian family keeps serving at-risk children — and adults.

Read the full story by Erik Tryggestad.

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