After California massacre, sister universities show support for Pepperdine
'To Pepperdine: You are not alone in this tragedy." That's the headline on a staff editorial in The Optimist, the student newspaper at Abilene Christian…
Abilene Christian University
Once-segregated Christian university targets racism with launch of new research center
ABILENE, Texas — In 1960, a professor named Carl Spain delivered an explosive Bible Lectureship sermon that reverberated far beyond what was known then as Abilene…
Richard Earl Walker, pioneering missionary to Europe, dies at 95
Richard Earl Walker, a pioneering missionary to Europe for Churches of Christ, died Aug. 25 at age 95. A Greek scholar, he graduated from Abilene…
Partners, September 2018
FEATURE PHOTO (above): Faculty and staff members of York College pitched in during the recent Alumni and Friends Workdays on campus. For 10 years, alumni and friends…
In the midst of war, great optimism
Thumbing through the first issue of The Christian Chronicle, dated June 2, 1943, it’s hard to tell that America was fighting a massive war in…
‘The Missionary who Stayed Home’
With unbridled enthusiasm, Olan Hicks launched into the first front-page news story in The Christian Chronicle, a brand-new publication for Churches of Christ dated June…
50 Years: Racial Reconciliation and the Church
Find links below to all the stories in the "50 Years: Racial Reconciliation and the Church" series. Part 1: Detroit race riot • 'No more us…
A decades-long search for who we are
'While not all Christian bodies in the United States are declining, we are one of many that are,” said Doug Foster, professor of church history…
‘We want to show young people that look like us that you can do it.’
TUBUNGU, Swaziland — As their parents praised God under the big tent up the hill, children in this southern African kingdom learned Bible lessons and…
