Big C or little c?
Discussion of Churches of Christ in 2018 often boils down to a single letter. Many of the fellowship’s 1.4 million adherents in the U.S. prefer…
Big Questions
To speak with ‘a biblical vocabulary’
The Christian Chronicle uses the capitalized “Churches of Christ,” in keeping with the Associated Press’ style for news reporting. Some readers object to the practice,…
Defining ‘denomination’
In many ways, Churches of Christ conform to the dictionary definition of “denomination” — a religious organization whose congregations are united in their adherence to…
Church: A place to go or a way of living?
'I think ‘big C or little c?’ is an irrelevant argument on semantics,” said Freddie Lorick Jr., youth minister for the Palmetto Church of Christ…
‘Maybe we have all lost our focus’
For centuries, followers of Christ relied heavily on people in authority to tell them what God said, what they should believe and what they should…
What is a Church of Christ?
'It should be love.” That was Jeff Cash’s answer to the question, “What would you say defines a Church of Christ?” Cash, an American missionary…
About The Christian Chronicle’s survey
A total of 645 Christian Chronicle readers took the survey, “A closer look at Churches of Christ in the U.S.” Respondents represented all 50 states…
Millennials stress worship, not labels
Millennials, more than the other age groups, focused on worship as they responded to the Chronicle’s survey. A Church of Christ has “a desire to…
Count thy many members
As a data collector, Carl Royster said he and his colleagues at 21st Century Christian strive to define Churches of Christ in a way that…
Believers under 30 question fellowship’s nondenominational claim
The New Testament took precedence when Christians under age 30 — the smallest demographic of respondents to The Christian Chronicle’s survey — defined Churches of…
