Partners, July 2021
Featured image (above): Silvia and Chris Crooks, left, of the Belgrade Church of Christ in Montana and Mike and Annette Christensen of the Cody Church of…
Abilene Christian University
‘I prayed that God’s justice … would prevail’
As former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted on all counts in George Floyd’s killing, millions of Americans watched on live television. Jerry Taylor,…
A Sunday morning miracle: Cinderella ACU earns its glass slipper just after midnight
INDIANAPOLIS — David defeated Goliath. Again. It’s a March Miracle. The semi-biblical allusions found on social media and in headlines nationwide still don’t do the…
Moving during a pandemic complicates hunt for church home
James and Candice Wiser’s church family in Southern California shed tears this past summer as the couple and their two young daughters prepared to move…
Bible in one hand, newspaper in the other
'You preach with the Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other.” That’s what an Ohio pastor said in a recent front-page feature…
Partners, February 2021
EVENTS NATIONAL LECTURESHIP ORLANDO, Fla. — The 76th annual National Lectureship of Churches of Christ, originally planned for May 22-27 in Orlando, has been canceled…
Baptist studies at Abilene Christian?
'Baptist ministry classes find home at Abilene Christian University,” read a recent headline in the Abilene Reporter-News, drawing notice by Christian Chronicle readers. Here, a…
At 84, retired major-leaguer Lindy McDaniel still ‘Pitching for the Master’
When Joe Chesser was 9 years old, his family attended church with Lindy McDaniel, a young pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. One Sunday, Chesser…
More universities taking measures to prevent spread of COVID-19
Wednesday, Pepperdine Univerity, in Malibu, Cali., became the first of the schools associated with Churches of Christ to announce they were sending students home, in…
Scott McDowell named president of Lubbock Christian University
Lubbock Christian University in Texas has appointed Scott McDowell, a veteran Christian higher education administrator and preacher, as its next president. “I am fully committed…
