Five facts about Jim Gash, Pepperdine University’s new president
MALIBU, Calif. — Jim Gash was inaugurated this fall as Pepperdine University's eighth president. Here are five facts about him: 1. He grew up in…
Abilene Christian University
An engineer gets ‘an answer from God’
Orneita Burton grew up playing in the dirt and, as she put it, “creating something out of nothing.” Perhaps she was destined for a life…
Abilene Christian University men’s, women’s teams punch tickets to NCAA tourney (updated)
UPDATE: ACU's women (16) will face No. 1 seed Baylor March 23 in Waco, Texas. It's a good thing Abilene Christian University changed its dancing…
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…
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. Editor's note: A few later installments don't relate directly…
