10 Sundays to remember
OKLAHOMA CITY — In 2025, I celebrated my 35th anniversary in full-time journalism. I've spent the last 20 of those with The Christian Chronicle. The best part:…
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A dream for Christian higher education in Europe
LA CHAPELLE AU RIBOUL, FRANCE — When nuns listed a vacant Catholic girls’ school for sale in this sleepy French village in 2017, American Jerry…
Keeping the faith amid the flames
ALTADENA, CALIF. — “A faith that isn’t tested can’t be a faith at all.” That’s what minister Rodney Davis told us as we viewed the aftermath…
‘I want kids to know Christ’
FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. — A small hotel ballroom. A few hundred teens. In sheer size, Winterfest Way Out West — a new teen event launched this…
Talk about (church) life and death
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — People live and die. So do congregations. Heritage21 works to normalize conversations about church life cycles. “We want to encourage and also…
California church burns in wildfire outbreak
A Southern California wildfire burned the building of the Pasadena Church of Christ — also known as the Kinneloa congregation — Tuesday night. The church…
In presidential election, many Christian voters split along racial lines
CARSON, CALIF. — President-elect Donald Trump doesn’t have many fans, if any, at the Metropolitan Church of Christ in this urban community south of Los…
Struggle to save a church inspires an innovative partnership
LA MESA, Calif. — It may take a miracle. That’s OK. They know someone. The leadership of the La Mesa Church of Christ has a…
Saving souls in Sin City
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — When Tyler Yeager, a fourth-grade teacher in northern Arizona, told colleagues he was going to Las Vegas for the weekend,…
Dixie Fire burns down California church camp
The Dixie Fire that is ravaging Northern California has destroyed Sierra Bible Camp, a mainstay of Churches of Christ for 67 years. The third-largest wildfire…
